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What kinds of writing can I do with an AI writing room?

At Writers Room: novel, short story, screenplay, stage play, TV episode, comic, poetry, picture book, chapter book, nonfiction book, written or translated in 24 languages. Each kind brings its own crew of roles and its own way of measuring length.

Each kind, measured its own way

  • Novel: A long-form story told in scenes, with continuity to keep. Measured in a word-count target per unit; 23 roles.
  • Short story: A story short enough to read in a sitting, told in sections and scenes. Measured in a word-count target per unit; 23 roles.
  • Screenplay: A script for the screen, in Fountain, structured by act and sequence. Measured in a page count — roughly a minute of screen time a page; 28 roles.
  • Stage play: A play for the theatre, in Fountain, structured by act and scene. Measured in a page count — roughly a minute of stage time a page; 25 roles.
  • TV episode: One episode of television, in Fountain, structured by act with an act-out at each break. Measured in a page count, with an act-out at each break; 28 roles.
  • Comic: A comic or graphic novel as a full script: pages, panels an artist can draw, captions and balloons. Measured in a page count per issue, panels per page; 23 roles.
  • Poetry: A collection of poems, grouped into sections — with a form check that reads each poem for the form it is in. Measured in poems per section, lines per poem; 20 roles.
  • Children's Picture book: A book read aloud to a child of 2 to 7, one spread at a time — the words, and a note for the picture on every spread. Bedtime stories too. Measured in a few words a spread, about fourteen spreads; 23 roles.
  • Children's Chapter book: A story in short chapters for a child of 5 to 10 reading on their own — an early reader or a full chapter book, checked against that reader. Measured in a word-count target per chapter, set by the reading level; 25 roles.
  • Nonfiction book: An argued or instructional book, researched from sources you bring. Measured in a word-count target per unit; 21 roles.

Across all of them

37 distinct roles in all, from the Interviewer who asks what the book is to the Publisher who prepares it. Short stories can be gathered into one book. A finished manuscript can be translated into another language as a linked project that remembers where every line came from.

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