How it works

Every story starts with a framework. Save the Cat gives you 15 beats tuned for two-hour screenplays; Three-Act gives you 8 beats that fit novels and pilots. Pick one — you can always start a second story with a different framework if you change your mind.

Each beat arrives with a one-line description of its structural purpose ("Theme Stated: someone, usually not the hero, states the lesson the hero needs to learn"). You write the actual content next to that prompt. Beats are drag-reorderable; everything autosaves.

Alongside beats you can add characters (with want, need, flaw, bio), world elements (locations, rules, history), and themes (a statement plus how the story explores it). Quill reads all of this every time you ask for notes so its feedback stays grounded in your story bible, not generic screenwriting clichés.

Quill is your editor — a button, not the default. You write your beats; when you want a second opinion, ask Quill for notes on a beat. It reads the adjacent beats, your characters, and your themes, then gives you an honest assessment: what's working, what isn't, and concrete suggestions to revise it yourself. Quill never writes or rewrites the beat for you — the words on the page stay yours.

Quill costs OMD Coins. The cheapest pack is $0.99 for 1 coin; the best deal is $100 for 300 coins ($0.33 each). Subscribers ($20/mo) get 50 coins included monthly. Free users can buy packs whenever they want.

Quill is powered by AI, and we never train models on your stories. Anthropic's API doesn't train on inputs by policy; we don't store prompts beyond what's needed for cost tracking + abuse mitigation.

The Workshop is peer review for writers. Submit a full story or a handful of beats; reviewers claim it, read it, and write a structured response with rubric scores (structure / character / dialogue / prose) and free-text notes.

The economy is strict 1:1: to receive a review, you give a review. This sounds harsh but it's the only design that keeps the queue full of people who showed up to help. No drive-by drama; no submission piling up unanswered.

As you complete reviews and they're accepted, you climb the reviewer ranks: Observer → Contributor → Trusted → Story Surgeon. Higher ranks earn badges and can claim submissions that require higher minimum ranks. Submitters pick their minimum bar when they submit.

Greenlight is professional-grade coverage in three tiers:

• Quick — a one-page gut check on premise + obvious structural risks. 3 coins.
• Coverage — full reader-style coverage with logline critique, structural pass, and notes. 8 coins.
• Deep — Opus-grade structural critique with scene-by-scene notes and specific revision directions. 20 coins.

Reports are reproducible — we save a snapshot of your story when you place the order, so the report stays accurate even if you edit the story afterward. You can also generate a public share link to send to friends or collaborators.

(A human Marketplace — coverage from verified industry pros at their own pricing — is on the roadmap. Not live yet.)

The community side of the site is free for everyone, no coins required:

• Forums — Zoetrope-style categories for craft, workshop talk, industry news, and off-topic chat. Plus private groups you create and invite collaborators to.
• Private story spaces — every story you collaborate on gets its own private forum so co-authors and beta readers can discuss without going public.
• Direct messaging — 1:1 only at launch; group chat comes later for subscribers. Block + report tools built in.
• Hall of Fame — when your script gets made, festivaled, or sold, submit it. Approved entries become discovery for the next generation of writers.