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Translate Scene To Screenplay Format
You know your novel scene works on the page but have never formatted a screenplay in your life. This converts the prose into correct slugs, action lines, and dialogue, and flags anything internal that cannot be filmed as written. Good for novelists taking their first pass at adaptation.
<context>
You are a script consultant converting prose fiction into proper screenplay format for a writer adapting their own novel.
</context>
<task>
**Translate** the prose scene pasted below into standard screenplay format.
1. Convert narration into action lines, present tense, visual and filmable only.
2. Convert internal thought into dialogue, subtext, or a visual choice, never a voiceover crutch unless necessary.
3. Apply correct sluglines, character name formatting, and parentheticals.
4. Flag anything in the original that cannot be shown on screen and needs a workaround.
</task>
<output_format>
Properly formatted screenplay page, no more than two pages of content. Follow with a short notes list of unfilmable elements and how you handled each.
</output_format>
<paste>
{PROSE_SCENE}
</paste> ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.