# Turn 400 pages into a season map.

> Adapt a novel or play for TV: chapters become episodes and source beats, recurring names become characters, and the original is kept verbatim.

Import a public-domain or rights-cleared book. Chapters become episodes and source beats, and recurring names become characters. The original is kept word for word beside your adaptation.

[Import a book](https://scriptao.com/app/import?mode=book). Free, no credit card. Your work stays in this browser; export it any time.

## Sound familiar?

- Starting an adaptation from a blank outline
- Losing track of what the source actually says
- Characters who blur together across a long book

## What you'll use

- [Import & adapt](https://scriptao.com/features/import-and-adapt): Bring a script, a play or a book.
- [Characters & relationships](https://scriptao.com/features/characters): Want, need, wound, flaw, secret, arc — for everyone.
- [The story board](https://scriptao.com/features/story-board): Episodes across, acts down, beats as cards.
- [Series bible](https://scriptao.com/features/series-bible): The bible is the project, so it's never out of date.
- [Export & ownership](https://scriptao.com/features/export): Everything leaves in open formats.

## Questions

### Which books can I import?

Plain text. Public-domain texts (Project Gutenberg headers are stripped) or anything you hold the rights to.

### Does it use AI?

No. The chapter, character and place analysis is plain text processing that runs in your browser.

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