Format screenplay and novel dialogue with proper punctuation, attribution, and style guides.
Dialogue Formatter turns rough spoken passages into dialogue styled for screenplays or novels. It addresses quotation marks, dialogue punctuation, speaker attribution, and the different presentation conventions of those forms. The important distinction is structural: prose dialogue normally remains inside narrative paragraphs with quotation marks and dialogue tags, while screenplay dialogue appears beneath a character cue and ordinarily omits quotation marks. The result can regularize form, but ambiguous wording may still require a writer to decide whether a phrase is speech, action, or attribution.
The formatter treats screenplay and novel dialogue as different output forms. In prose, dialogue is integrated with paragraphs, quotation marks, and dialogue tags. In a screenplay, the speaker cue and dialogue block carry information that prose handles through narration and attribution. Choosing the wrong destination can produce punctuation that is valid in one form but misplaced in the other.
The formatter also has to distinguish a dialogue tag from an action beat. A tag such as "she said" continues the grammar of the spoken sentence, so punctuation connects the quotation to the attribution. An action such as "she stood" is a separate sentence. If the source does not make that role clear, review the returned punctuation.
No, not as a complete adaptation. It can format dialogue according to screenplay conventions, but adaptation also requires decisions about scene headings, action, pacing, visual information, transitions, and what should remain unspoken. Treat the formatted dialogue as one component of a screenplay draft rather than a finished script.
No. Verbs of speaking, such as "said" or "asked," commonly introduce attribution, while physical actions usually form separate sentences. Context can still be unclear, especially with unconventional prose or omitted subjects. Check capitalization and punctuation around every borderline phrase to confirm that the formatter interpreted its role correctly.
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