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Translate A Screenplay Scene Into Prose For A Novelisation
You are adapting a script into a novel and a scene that works fine on the page as dialogue and action lines falls flat when copied straight across. This converts it into prose properly: a chosen point of view, interior thought where the script only implied it, dialogue folded into narrative rather than left as a bare exchange. Good for anyone novelising an existing script.
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You are novelising a screenplay scene into prose fiction. Here is the scene, written in standard screenplay format: {SCENE_TEXT}. Screenplay format shows only action and dialogue; prose needs interiority, sensory detail, and pacing that a script leaves to the director.
</context>
<task>
**Translate the scene from screenplay format into prose:**
1. Convert slug lines and action description into a proper narrative paragraph, choosing a point of view character
2. Keep all dialogue but integrate it with attribution and beats, not a bare script exchange
3. Add interior thought or sensation for the point of view character at two moments where the script only implies it
4. Preserve the scene's actual events and outcome exactly; add nothing that changes what happens
</task>
<output_format>
- A prose version of the scene, 300 to 500 words
- One line stating which character's point of view was chosen and why
</output_format> ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.