Literary Conversion Service
Transform your entire manuscript (DOCX, EPUB, HTML, Markdown) into a polished draft in your chosen format—no API keys, no hand-stitching chapters, no manual clean-up marathons. Upload, pick a medium, get a fully formatted script.
1. How It Works
- Upload your manuscript file.
- Select a target medium (e.g., Screenplay, TV Script, Play Script, Comic Book Script).
- We run a conversion pass that restructures your prose into the selected template.
- A built-in heuristic QA validates structure and markup, auto-fixes trivial issues, and re-runs any sections that hard-fail validation.
- (Optional) Advanced QA performs a second LLM review with pass/fail/patch loops to raise conformance and coherence.
- Download your formatted draft as DOCX, HTML, or Markdown.
2. Supported Mediums (Initial Offering)
| Medium | Description |
|---|---|
| Screenplay | Scenes, action lines, dialogue, SFX, transitions. |
| TV Script | Cold opens, acts, scene headings, act-end bumpers. |
| Play Script | Acts, scenes, characters, stage directions. |
| Comic Book Script | Panels, captions, character speech, SFX. |
Need another format? We support additional templates (e.g., Radio Drama, Poem, etc.). Tell us what you need and we’ll advise.
3. Template Reference
Skeletons below show the HTML structure we target so you know exactly how the output is shaped.
Screenplay
<h1>Screenplay Title</h1>
<p><strong>By:</strong> Author Name</p>
<p class="scene-heading">EXT. SIGNATURE LOCATION – DAY</p>
<p class="action">What the camera sees. Active verbs in present tense.</p>
<p class="character">CHARACTER NAME</p>
<p class="parenthetical">(whispering)</p>
<p class="dialogue">Line of dialogue…</p>
<p class="transition">CUT TO:</p>
TV Script
<h1>Series Title</h1>
<p><strong>Episode:</strong> "Pilot"</p>
<p><strong>Written by:</strong> Writer Name</p>
<h2>TEASER</h2>
<p class="scene-heading">INT. SET NAME – NIGHT</p>
<p class="action">Hook the audience in 1–2 lines.</p>
<h2>ACT ONE</h2>
<p class="scene-heading">EXT. STREET – DAY</p>
<p class="action">Beat-driven action.</p>
<p class="character">LEAD</p>
<p class="dialogue">First line…</p>
<p class="transition">END OF ACT ONE</p>
Play Script
<h1>Play Title</h1>
<p><strong>By:</strong> Playwright Name</p>
<h2>ACT I</h2>
<h3>Scene 1</h3>
<p class="stage-dir"><em>Lights up on…</em></p>
<p class="character">CHARACTER</p>
<p class="dialogue">Spoken line…</p>
<p class="stage-dir"><em>Blackout.</em></p>
Comic Book Script
<h1>Comic Title</h1>
<p><strong>By:</strong> Writer & Artist</p>
<h3>Page 1</h3>
<p><strong>Panel 1:</strong> Wide shot, setting, time-of-day.</p>
<p><strong>CAPTION 1:</strong> Narration text.</p>
<p class="character">HERO</p>
<p class="dialogue">Dialogue…</p>
<p><strong>Panel 2:</strong> Medium on action detail.</p>
<p class="sfx">SFX: BOOM!</p>
4) Quality Review — Tiers & What We Actually Check (Conversion)
Our conversion pipeline (e.g., manuscript → DOCX/HTML/MD) includes built-in heuristic verification and an optional Advanced QA layer. The Basic tier covers structural integrity and core safety guards with automatic retries on hard failures. The Advanced QA add-on adds a second, prompted LLM pass to pass/fail/patch sections and provide an LLM originality signal.
Quality Review Tiers (What to Expect)
| Tier | Goal | Price | How it works | Target fidelity† | What our Heuristic QA actually checks (per section) | Deliverables | Choose this if… |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Conversion (Single Pass + Heuristic QA) | Fast, faithful structure & formatting with a safety net | Included | 1× GenAI conversion pass → automatic heuristic QA per section with up to 2 retries on hard failures. | ~85–90% | • Structure validity (source & result): if either side is malformed → retry. • Duplicate-paragraph detection (content repeats): if detected → retry. • Auto-fix trivial structure (benign balancing) with safe write-back when appropriate. • Clean conversion output with keep_dialogue_blocks and keep_img; safe write-back if cleaning changes the file.• Best-effort redline (block-diff) to visualize changes. | Converted draft (preview + .docx/.html/.md), per-section QA status, notes where retries occurred, redline artifact (best-effort). | You want clean structure quickly and will refine voice/nuance later (self-edit or separate editorial pass). |
| Advanced QA Add-on (Double Pass) | Stricter format conformance & continuity checks | $19.99 | Runs after Basic: a prompted LLM pass evaluates each section to preserve consistency, voice, pace, and tone while enforcing target format rules and returns PASS / FAIL / PATCH: • FAIL ⇒ targeted re-edit. • PATCH ⇒ minimal diffs applied. • PASS ⇒ no change. Only problematic sections are re-run. Plus: an LLM originality signal that flags passages the model perceives as potentially memorized/borrowed; warn on low confidence; hard-fail + regenerate/patch on high confidence.‡ | ~90%+ | Everything in Basic plus model-guided pass/fail/patch for consistency/voice/pace/tone and stricter template conformance (e.g., scene headings/sluglines, Parentheticals, SFX tags) where applicable, with guided re-runs for near-misses; LLM originality scan with high-confidence flags triggering hard-fail and regenerate/patch. | Polished draft (DOCX/HTML/MD) with a QA summary of PASS/FAIL/PATCH decisions and an originality flags report; updated sections included. | Screenplays/TV/Plays/Comics and long/complex manuscripts where you want a more turn-key, production-ready result with extra guardrails. |
†Fidelity ranges are directional, not guarantees; source quality and chosen format influence outcomes. ‡ The originality signal is model-based and heuristic, not a legal determination of copyright.
Hard-fail auto-retry (both tiers): If a section fails critical checks (e.g., malformed HTML on source/result or duplicate paragraphs), our QA automatically requests a re-run (up to 2 times). Persistent issues are marked “completed_with_issues.”
5. Quality & Retry Pipeline (Details)
Both tiers include an automated heuristic QA stage with retries:
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Auto-fix pass: Balances HTML tags, preserves dialogue/action wrappers, normalizes headings, removes consecutive duplicates where obviously machine-introduced.
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Hard-fail detection: If a section is empty, contains fenced code, has broken HTML, or exhibits an extreme length mismatch, we mark it
qc_check_rerunand automatically re-run the section (up to 2 attempts). Persistent failures are markedcompleted_with_issuesand highlighted in the task feed. -
Advanced QA (add-on): After the Basic pipeline succeeds (or flags issues), a second LLM “validator” performs format-specific checks (e.g., screenplay slugline patterns, dialogue/parenthetical placement, SFX brackets, act/scene counts, basic character continuity). It can surgically re-prompt only failing sections and will finalize with either
analytics_completed/completedorcompleted_with_issuesplus a findings summary.
6. Before / After Snapshot
Original (Novel Excerpt)
“The old cottage stood at the edge of the meadow… she wondered if the next chapter of her life would unfold like the stories she so carefully wrote.”
Converted (Screenplay)
<p class="scene-heading">EXT. MEADOW – LATE AFTERNOON</p>
<p class="action">A small, weathered cottage stands at the meadow’s edge beneath a violet sky.</p>
<p class="scene-heading">INT. COTTAGE – CONTINUOUS</p>
<p class="action">A WOMAN (30s), thoughtful, sits at a desk strewn with pages and pens.</p>
<p class="character">WOMAN</p>
<p class="dialogue">Every new chapter... I’m still chasing the feeling.</p>
7. FAQs
Does the Basic tier really retry failed sections?
Yes. The Basic heuristic QA will automatically request a re-run on hard failures (e.g., empty output, malformed
HTML, fenced code blocks, drastic length mismatches), up to two attempts per section. If issues persist, we flag the
section as completed_with_issues so you can review or opt into Advanced QA.
What’s the difference between Basic and Advanced QA? Basic = single conversion pass + heuristic QA + hard-fail retries. Advanced = second LLM pass that checks strict formatting/continuity rules and can re-run only the problem sections to repair them, aiming for higher final fidelity.
How long does it take? Most conversions complete within an hour; complex manuscripts or Advanced QA may take longer during peak periods.
What file formats can I export? .docx, .html, and .md.
Do you change my story? We preserve content and intent. Conversion focuses on structure and formatting. (If you want stylistic rewriting, see our Editorial service, which also supports a two-tier QA flow.)
What if my manuscript is very long? We support up to ~200,000 words. For larger works, contact us about splitting or batching.
Policy & safety? Content that violates our safety guidelines will be returned unmodified with an explanation. You may then revise and re-submit.
🎬 Ready to convert? Start with Basic for a fast, structured draft. Add Advanced QA when you want studio-grade polish and extra confidence.