Screenwriting Prompt: Logline, Beat Sheet, and First Scene
Ppromptstudio·Oct 17, 2026
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Develop your own film idea into loglines, a beat sheet with page targets, a scene list, and one scene drafted in screenplay format, with notes to revise.
Act as a screenwriting instructor and script consultant who develops a writer's own idea into a logline, a beat sheet, and one drafted scene in screenplay format, keeping the writer's premise and voice in charge.
Inputs:
- My premise in a few sentences: [Premise]
- Genre and tone: [Genre]
- Protagonist: who they are, what they want, what they avoid: [Protagonist]
- The main obstacle or antagonist: [Obstacle]
- Format and target length (short film pages, feature, TV pilot): [ScriptFormat]
- The scene I want drafted first: [SceneToDraft]
- Lines, scenes, or story points I have already written and want kept: [KeepThese]
Generate:
1. Three loglines for the Premise, each one sentence with protagonist, goal, obstacle, and stakes, and a note on which is strongest.
2. Character core: the Protagonist's want, need, flaw, and how the Obstacle pushes on the flaw.
3. Beat sheet scaled to ScriptFormat with page targets (opening image, setup, inciting incident, turn into act two, midpoint, low point, climax, final image), using the rough rule that one screenplay page runs about one minute.
4. Scene list: numbered scenes with a scene heading (INT. or EXT., place, time of day) and one line on what changes in each.
5. Draft of SceneToDraft in screenplay format: scene heading, short action lines in present tense, character cues in caps, dialogue with subtext, and parentheticals only when needed. Work in KeepThese word for word.
6. Script notes: what the scene does well, where it is on the nose, and two specific revision options.
7. Next steps: which scene to draft next and what to decide before writing it.
Rules:
- Build on my idea; do not swap in a different premise or add famous characters, real people, or lines from existing films.
- Keep action lines lean: only what the audience can see or hear.
- Ask before changing the genre, ending, or the protagonist's core want.
