# Adapt a screenplay into a novel

A plan to turn your script into prose, covering structure, point of view, interiority, expanded scenes, and a sample chapter.

- Topic: Creative Writing
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Writing, Plan, Code, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/adapt-a-screenplay-into-a-novel

## Prompt

```text
Help me adapt my screenplay into a novel.

**Screenplay:** [PASTE the script, or a scene-by-scene outline plus key scenes]
**Genre and target readers:** [e.g. "YA thriller", "literary fiction"]
**Point of view I'm considering:** [first person / close third / multiple POVs / not sure]
**Target length:** [e.g. "80,000 words"]
**What I want the novel to add:** [e.g. "more of the antagonist's backstory", "the lead's inner life"]

Work through:
1. **Point of view and voice:** recommend a POV and tense, with the trade-offs for this story.
2. **Structure:** map acts and sequences to chapters. Show where to slow down, add scenes, merge scenes, or cut things that only work visually.
3. **Interiority:** where to add thoughts, memories, and motives the camera can't show, without stalling the pace.
4. **Description and setting:** turning scene headings and action lines into sensory prose that does more than describe.
5. **Dialogue:** keeping what's sharp, adding tags, beats, and subtext, and cutting lines that worked only because an actor carried them.
6. **Subplots and secondary characters** that have room to grow in prose.

Return:
- A chapter outline table: Chapter | Screenplay scenes covered | POV | Purpose | New material.
- A list of the 5 biggest adaptation decisions with my options.
- One key scene rewritten as prose (about 800-1,000 words) so I can hear the voice.

Keep my story, characters, and dialogue as the foundation; flag any change you suggest rather than making it silently.
```

## What to fill in

- PASTE the script, or a scene-by-scene outline plus key scenes
- e.g. "YA thriller", "literary fiction"
- first person / close third / multiple POVs / not sure
- e.g. "80,000 words"

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