Editorial policy

Who writes these pages

Every tool and guide carries the ScriptLix Editorial byline. AI helps draft the explanations, examples and FAQs, and the ScriptLix team checks each page before it goes live. The date at the top of each page is when it was last updated.

We write for screenwriters first. The tools are free, need no account, and work without signing up for anything.

How the tools are built

Most tools run entirely in your browser: the name generators, the plot generator, prompts and story starters, the runtime and beat sheet calculators, the FDX to PDF converter and the templates. The generators pick from fixed lists that ship with the page. They do not call an AI model.

Tools that read a script file send it to our server: the format checker, word count and script breakdown, the runtime and beat sheet calculators when you drop a script in, and the shot list template when you import one. The server parses the file, sends back the numbers and does not keep the script.

Sources and numbers

When a page leans on outside data, it says so on the page. The era name lists are ranked from US Social Security name records, and each beat sheet names the structure it follows. Pages that cite outside material list it under Sources.

We do not invent statistics. A number on a tool page should come from a source named on the page or from the tool’s own math, which you can check by changing the inputs. If you find one that does neither, tell us and we will fix or remove it.

How AI is used

Only the AI helpers call an AI model. When you press the button, the text you typed (or the script text, for the synopsis generator) is sent to DeepSeek, with OpenAI as a fallback, to write the reply. We do not save what you typed or the reply. Each provider handles the request under its own API terms.

Each network address gets up to 15 AI runs a day, and there is a daily spending cap across everyone. AI writing is a first draft. Read it like notes from a fast, unreliable assistant.

• Title generator
• Logline generator
• Synopsis generator
• Query letter generator
• Character backstory generator
• Dialogue generator
• Monologue generator
• AI story generator
• AI script generator

What we keep

For the daily AI limit: the date, the tool, a salted hash of your network address and what the run cost us.

For usage counts: which tool, what happened (viewed, used, exported, clicked through or failed), the same salted hash, a random session id, your country and device type, the site that sent you, campaign tags, the size of what you gave the tool, how long it took and whether it worked. If you are signed in, your account id is attached. Never the text itself.

Our servers also log each request (network address, browser and page) but not the text you send to a tool. Site analytics are covered in the privacy policy.

Corrections

Spotted a mistake, a broken tool or a number you cannot trace? Email [email protected]. We fix errors and update the date on the page when we do.