Database

Trigger: "commercial script," "ad screenplay," "advertising narrative," "30-second story," "brand film," "Super Bowl ad," "commercial writing," "ad script," "brand storytelling." Examples: Apple 1984, Nike Dream Crazy, John Lewis Christmas ads, Thai Life Insurance ads, Budweiser Clydesdales, Google Parisian Love, Always Like a Girl, Guinness Surfer. Genre keywords: 30-60 second storytelling, brand narrative, emotional compression, call to action, micro-narrative, brand identity, consumer emotion, product story.

Write paranoid, labyrinthine conspiracy thriller screenplays that expose hidden power structures and the individuals who stumble into their crosshairs. Master escalating paranoia, institutional betrayal, and the terrifying revelation that the system designed to protect you is the system hunting you. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Three Days of the Condor, The Parallax View, Enemy of the State, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Manchurian Candidate, The Conversation, JFK, Michael Clayton, The Pelican Brief, All the President's Men, North by Northwest. Also trigger for: conspiracy, cover-up, deep state, surveillance, whistleblower, shadow government, paranoia, they're watching, who can you trust, institutional corruption, black ops, classified, hidden agenda, power structure, the truth is being suppressed.

Write emotionally precise, structurally inventive contemporary romance screenplays that treat modern love as a problem of perception, timing, and the courage to be fully known by another person. Master naturalistic dialogue, non-linear emotion, the weight of urban loneliness, and small moments that contain universes. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Before Sunset, 500 Days of Summer, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, Blue Valentine, Normal People, Atonement, Her, In the Mood for Love, Brooklyn. Also trigger for: modern love, realistic romance, indie romance, naturalistic love story, contemporary love, urban romance, millennial love, bittersweet romance, relationship drama, love and loneliness.

Write screenplays in the creature feature tradition — monster design, survival mechanics, group dynamics under predation, and the primal terror of being hunted by something that evolution did not prepare you for. Use this skill when the user wants a creature feature, monster movie, survival horror with a physical threat, or any film built around a non-human predator. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Jaws (1975), Alien (1979), Tremors (1990), The Host (2006), A Quiet Place (2018), Predator (1987), Jurassic Park (1993), The Descent (2005), Crawl (2019), Underwater (2020), Prey (2022), The Meg (2018), Cloverfield (2008). Also trigger for "creature feature," "monster movie," "survival horror," "creature design," "monster hunt," "predator horror," "beast film," "giant creature," or "animal attack."

Write visceral, world-building crime drama and gangster screenplays that immerse audiences in criminal ecosystems. Master the seductive pull of power, the mechanics of criminal enterprise, and the inevitable gravity of violence. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Goodfellas, The Godfather, Heat, The Departed, City of God, Scarface, Casino, A Most Violent Year, The Town, American Gangster, Sicario, Gomorrah, Eastern Promises. Also trigger for: crime drama, gangster film, mafia, organized crime, heist, criminal underworld, mob, cartel, crime family, criminal enterprise, gang, syndicate, crime boss, loyalty and betrayal.

Trigger phrases: disaster movie, catastrophe, natural disaster, survival, end of the world, catastrophic event, earthquake, tornado, volcano, tsunami. Example films: The Poseidon Adventure, Twister, The Day After Tomorrow, Deepwater Horizon, Dante

Trigger: "docudrama," "docuseries," "true story series," "dramatized reality," "based on true events," "true crime series," "dramatization," "reenactment series," "factual drama," "biographical series." Examples: The Act, When They See Us, American Crime Story, Making a Murderer, Chernobyl, The Dropout, Dopesick, The Staircase (HBO), Dahmer, A Very English Scandal, Waco, The Comey Rule, The Thing About Pam, Under the Banner of Heaven, Mindhunter, Manhunt, Narcos, The Crown. Genre keywords: dramatized reality, factual storytelling, true crime dramatization, historical accuracy, composite characters, ethical dramatization, research-based writing, trial structure, investigative narrative, public record, point of view in nonfiction, responsibility to truth.

Trigger: "documentary screenplay," "documentary script," "documentary narration," "doc writing," "nonfiction film," "documentary structure," "narration writing," "documentary treatment." Examples: March of the Penguins, Won't You Be My Neighbor, Free Solo, Amy, The Act of Killing, 13th, Icarus, Man on Wire, Hoop Dreams, O.J. Made in America, Searching for Sugar Man. Genre keywords: narration writing, structure from reality, interview-driven, observational, archival footage, talking heads, verité, found footage documentary, nonfiction narrative.

Write sprawling, morally complex drug and trafficking drama screenplays that map the supply chain from production to consumption, exposing the human cost at every link. Master multi-strand narratives, geopolitical scope, and the moral complicity of systems and individuals. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Traffic, Sicario, Narcos, City of God, Blow, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Maria Full of Grace, American Made, Scarface, A Prophet, Queen of the South. Also trigger for: drug trade, narcotics, cartel, trafficking, smuggling, drug war, DEA, supply chain, cocaine, heroin, meth, drug lord, kingpin, border, war on drugs, narco-state, moral complicity.

Trigger: "ensemble comedy," "multiple protagonists," "converging plots," "large cast comedy," "interconnected stories," "group comedy," "multi-thread comedy." Examples: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Knives Out, Clue, The Grand Budapest Hotel, This Is the End, Rat Race, Murder Mystery, Game Night, See How They Run. Genre keywords: multiple protagonists, converging storylines, comic archetypes, collision structure, parallel action, ensemble dynamics, controlled chaos.

Write intricately woven ensemble and multi-protagonist screenplays where separate lives collide, echo, and illuminate each other — revealing the hidden connections that bind strangers together. Use this skill whenever the user wants a multi-storyline film, ensemble drama, interconnected narrative, mosaic film, or any screenplay that follows multiple protagonists whose stories converge thematically or literally. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Crash, Babel, Magnolia, Short Cuts, Traffic, Nashville, Syriana, 21 Grams, Amores Perros, Cloud Atlas, The Hours, Love Actually, Pulp Fiction, or Happiness. Also trigger for "ensemble film," "multi-protagonist," "interconnected stories," "mosaic narrative," "multiple storylines," "Altman style," "hyperlink cinema," "converging stories," "parallel narratives," or "anthology-style film."

Trigger phrases: epic fantasy, high fantasy, quest, chosen one, mythic, fantasy world, swords and magic, fantasy adventure. Example films: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Harry Potter series, The Princess Bride, Stardust, Willow, The NeverEnding Story, Excalibur, The Dark Crystal. Genre keywords: quest narrative, world-building, mythic structure, chosen one, fellowship, prophecy, the dark lord, magical systems, secondary world creation.

Write achingly intimate, structurally inventive epistolary and long-distance romance screenplays where the medium of communication becomes the love affair itself, and separation creates a desire more potent than any physical presence could sustain. Master the craft of delayed connection, voice as seduction, the letter as emotional architecture, and the devastating gap between the written self and the real self. Trigger for anything in the vein of: You've Got Mail, The Lake House, Her, Letters to Juliet, 84 Charing Cross Road, The Shop Around the Corner, Cyrano de Bergerac, Sleepless in Seattle, P.S. I Love You, A Room with a View. Also trigger for: epistolary romance, long-distance love, love letters, pen pals, online romance, communication as intimacy, delayed connection, virtual love, writing as courtship, anonymous romance, separated lovers, digital love story.

Trigger: "experimental film," "arthouse screenplay," "avant-garde cinema," "art film," "non-linear screenplay," "abstract film," "sensory cinema," "surrealist film." Examples: Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Holy Motors, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Upstream Color, Under the Skin, The Tree of Life, Stalker, Last Year at Marienbad, Meshes of the Afternoon. Genre keywords: non-linear, abstract, sensory, dream logic, associative editing, non-narrative, mood cinema, texture, ambiguity, cinematic poetry, anti-structure, slow cinema.

Trigger phrases: fairy tale, folklore, fable, myth adaptation, deconstructed fairy tale, dark fairy tale, retelling, once upon a time. Example films: The Company of Wolves, Spirited Away, Into the Woods, Maleficent, Pan

Write emotionally layered family drama and melodrama screenplays — stories about the people who know exactly where to stick the knife because they're the ones who raised you. Use this skill whenever the user wants a family dysfunction film, domestic drama, multigenerational saga, holiday gathering gone wrong, or any screenplay where the central battlefield is the dinner table. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Ordinary People, Terms of Endearment, August: Osage County, The Royal Tenenbaums, Little Miss Sunshine, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Savages, Rachel Getting Married, The Family Stone, Hereditary (family drama with horror), This Is Where I Leave You, or Fences. Also trigger for "family drama," "family dysfunction," "melodrama," "domestic drama," "multigenerational," "sibling rivalry," "family reunion movie," "parent-child conflict," or "Thanksgiving movie."

Trigger: "fish out of water," "culture clash," "stranger in a strange land," "adaptation comedy," "outsider comedy," "displacement humor," "new world comedy." Examples: Coming to America, Crocodile Dundee, Elf, The Proposal, Legally Blonde, Big, Borat, Enchanted, Trading Places, Thor (comedic elements). Genre keywords: cultural displacement, naive protagonist, world contrast, adaptation arc, innocent disruption, collision of norms, comedic estrangement.

Write screenplays in the folk horror tradition — rural dread, pagan ritual, the outsider among true believers, ancient practices surviving beneath modern surfaces, and the horror of discovering you are the sacrifice. Use this skill when the user wants folk horror, rural horror, cult horror, pagan horror, or stories about outsiders encountering insular communities with terrifying traditions. Trigger for anything in the vein of: The Wicker Man (1973), Midsommar (2019), The Witch (2015), Apostle (2018), Kill List (2011), Children of the Corn (1984), The Ritual (2017), Harvest Home, Hagazussa (2017), Blood on Satan's Claw (1971), Lamb (2021). Also trigger for "folk horror," "pagan horror," "cult horror," "rural horror," "wicker man," "harvest ritual," "outsider horror," "old religion," "agrarian horror," or "countryside horror."

Write intensely passionate, socially transgressive forbidden love screenplays where desire defies every boundary the world erects -- and the audience roots for the defiance even knowing it may end in destruction. Master the erotics of prohibition, the architecture of secrecy, stolen time, and the devastating calculus of what love costs when the world says no. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Romeo + Juliet, In the Mood for Love, The Bridges of Madison County, Brokeback Mountain, The Reader, The English Patient, Atonement, Doctor Zhivago, The Age of Innocence, Anna Karenina, A Room with a View, Far from Heaven. Also trigger for: forbidden love, illicit affair, transgressive passion, star-crossed lovers, doomed romance, secret love, adultery drama, class-crossed lovers, taboo romance, love against society, clandestine affair.

Write screenplays in the found footage tradition — diegetic camera, documentary framing, the illusion of reality, and the terrifying question of what happened to the people behind the lens. Use this skill when the user wants a found footage script, mockumentary horror, screen life film, or any horror told through in-world recording devices. Trigger for anything in the vein of: The Blair Witch Project (1999), Paranormal Activity (2007), REC (2007), Cloverfield (2008), V/H/S (2012), Creep (2014), The Last Exorcism (2010), Lake Mungo (2008), Host (2020), Chronicle (2012), Cannibal Holocaust (1980). Also trigger for "found footage," "mockumentary horror," "POV horror," "handheld horror," "documentary horror," "screen life horror," "diegetic camera," or "first-person horror."

Trigger: "sequel screenplay," "franchise writing," "sequel," "franchise continuation," "legacy sequel," "part two," "trilogy," "cinematic universe," "sequel script." Examples: Aliens, The Dark Knight, Toy Story 2, Mad Max Fury Road, The Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2, The Godfather Part II, Spider-Man 2, Blade Runner 2049, Top Gun Maverick. Genre keywords: legacy continuation, raising stakes, character deepening, expanding mythology, sequel structure, franchise architecture, returning characters, world expansion.

Write screenplays in the gothic horror tradition — decaying estates, ancestral secrets, forbidden desire, atmospheric dread, and the haunted architecture of the past pressing against the present. Use this skill when the user wants a gothic horror script, haunted manor story, period horror, gothic romance with horror elements, or atmospheric literary horror. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Crimson Peak (2015), Rebecca (1940/2020), The Others (2001), The Innocents (1961), The Haunting (1963), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Woman in Black (2012), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Jane Eyre adaptations, Wuthering Heights, We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018). Also trigger for "gothic horror," "haunted mansion," "gothic romance," "Victorian horror," "period horror," "atmospheric horror," "ancestral curse," "Bronte," "Du Maurier," or "dark romance."

Write darkly atmospheric, psychologically intense gothic romance screenplays where love and dread are inseparable, the house is alive, and passion consumes as much as it sustains. Master the architecture of secrets, brooding desire, female peril, and landscapes that mirror the soul. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Rebecca, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Crimson Peak, The Piano, My Cousin Rachel, The Innocents, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Stoker, The Others. Also trigger for: dark passion, atmospheric dread, brooding intensity, haunted romance, gothic manor, mysterious lover, dark secret, madwoman in the attic, moors, isolation, obsessive love, spectral wife.

Write screenplays in the home invasion and survival horror tradition — contained space, resourcefulness under siege, the violation of domestic safety, and the terrifying discovery of what you're capable of when your home becomes a trap. Use this skill when the user wants a home invasion script, siege horror, contained thriller, survival horror in a single location, or any horror built around defending or escaping a space. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Don't Breathe (2016), You're Next (2011), The Strangers (2008), Hush (2016), Panic Room (2002), Funny Games (1997/2007), The Purge (2013), Green Room (2015), Await Further Instructions (2018), Inside (2007), Intruders (2015), Breaking In (2018). Also trigger for "home invasion," "siege horror," "contained horror," "survival thriller," "home defense," "break-in horror," "fortress horror," "trapped in the house," "single location horror," or "home under attack."

Write screenplays in the horror comedy tradition — the precise tonal balance between genuine scares and genuine laughs, where the comedy makes the horror bearable and the horror makes the comedy matter. Use this skill when the user wants a horror comedy script, comedic horror, zombie comedy, vampire comedy, or any horror film where humor is a primary tool. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Shaun of the Dead (2004), What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010), Evil Dead II (1987), An American Werewolf in London (1981), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), Ready or Not (2019), Scream (1996), Zombieland (2009), Drag Me to Hell (2009), Happy Death Day (2017), The Final Girls (2015). Also trigger for "horror comedy," "funny horror," "comedic horror," "zom-com," "comedy horror script," "scary funny," "splatstick," "tongue in cheek horror," or "self-aware horror."

Write deeply felt immigrant and diaspora drama screenplays about the experience of living between worlds — the country you left and the country you're in, the language your parents speak and the language you dream in, the self you are at home and the self you are outside. Use this skill whenever the user wants an immigration story, diaspora film, cultural displacement drama, or any screenplay about the experience of belonging to more than one place and fully to neither. Trigger for anything in the vein of: The Farewell, Minari, Brooklyn, In America, Gran Torino, The Visitor, The Namesake, Dheepan, A Better Life, Under the Same Moon, The Beautiful Country, or Monsoon. Also trigger for "immigrant story," "diaspora film," "immigration drama," "culture clash," "fish out of water," "generational conflict," "cultural identity," "first generation," "assimilation," or "displacement story."

Write honest, low-key indie and mumblecore screenplays that capture the texture of real life — the conversations that go nowhere, the silences that say everything, the tiny moments that turn out to be the whole movie. Use this skill whenever the user wants an indie film, mumblecore screenplay, naturalistic drama, low-budget character study, or any script where authenticity matters more than plot. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Frances Ha, Drinking Buddies, The Puffy Chair, Clerks, Before Sunrise, Stranger Than Paradise, Slacker, Paterson, Columbus, The Big Sick, Obvious Child, Tangerine, Aftersun, or Past Lives. Also trigger for "indie film," "mumblecore," "low budget," "naturalistic," "character-driven," "dialogue movie," "slice of life," "arthouse," "Sundance style," or "Before Sunrise style."

Trigger: "interactive narrative," "branching story," "choose your own adventure," "choice-based," "interactive film," "branching screenplay," "choice architecture," "multiple endings." Examples: Black Mirror Bandersnatch, Detroit Become Human, Telltale Games Walking Dead, Late Shift, Her Story, Puss in Boots The Last Wish (meta), Kinoautomat, She Sees Red. Genre keywords: choice architecture, consequence design, branching paths, narrative tree, player agency, multiple endings, state tracking, convergence points, interactive cinema.

Write riveting legal and courtroom drama screenplays that transform the pursuit of justice into theatrical spectacle. Master the architecture of legal argument, witness examination, jury manipulation, and the moral complexity of a system that promises truth but delivers procedure. Trigger for anything in the vein of: 12 Angry Men, A Few Good Men, The Verdict, Primal Fear, Philadelphia, My Cousin Vinny, Anatomy of a Fall, The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Clayton, Witness for the Prosecution. Also trigger for: courtroom drama, legal thriller, trial, lawyer, attorney, jury, verdict, cross-examination, prosecution, defense, judge, testimony, justice system, law firm, legal ethics, closing argument.

Write emotionally devastating, politically aware LGBTQ+ romance and identity screenplays where love is inseparable from the act of becoming oneself, and desire is both the most natural thing in the world and the most dangerous. Master the tension between authenticity and survival, the body as contested territory, and joy as resistance. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Call Me by Your Name, Brokeback Mountain, Carol, Moonlight, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Handmaiden, Blue Is the Warmest Color, God's Own Country, Pariah, Weekend, A Fantastic Woman, Tangerine. Also trigger for: queer love story, LGBTQ romance, coming out, gay romance, lesbian love story, trans narrative, identity and desire, queer cinema, same-sex love, chosen family, authenticity, pride.

Trigger: "limited series," "miniseries," "finite series," "closed-ended series," "mini," "limited run," "one-season show," "event series." Examples: Chernobyl, Band of Brothers, The Queen's Gambit, Mare of Easttown, Watchmen, The Night Of, Unbelievable, When They See Us, Sharp Objects, Devs, Station Eleven, Midnight Mass, The Underground Railroad. Genre keywords: finite storytelling, episode economy, closed arc, novelistic compression, prestige television, complete narrative, event television, thematic unity, ending by design.

Write emotionally agonizing love triangle screenplays where every choice is a betrayal, every loyalty is divided, and the audience understands why the protagonist cannot choose -- because both options represent something real and irreplaceable. Master the architecture of impossible decisions, split identification, parallel desire, and the geometry of three. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Casablanca, The Age of Innocence, Pearl Harbor, Atonement, Jules and Jim, The Notebook, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Bridget Jones's Diary, The English Patient, Doctor Zhivago, Legends of the Fall. Also trigger for: love triangle, impossible choice, split loyalty, torn between two lovers, choosing between love and duty, rival suitors, romantic rivalry, three-way tension, competing affections.

Trigger phrases: magical realism, everyday magic, fantastical elements, grounded fantasy, lyrical, poetic realism, fabulist. Example films: Pan

Trigger phrases: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, fight choreography, warrior, dojo, martial arts film, combat philosophy. Example films: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Ip Man, The Raid, Kill Bill, Hero, Enter the Dragon, Ong-Bak, The Matrix, Fist of Legend. Genre keywords: physical philosophy, choreographic storytelling, discipline and mastery, honor codes, the body as instrument, fight as dialogue, internal vs. external power.

Trigger: "mockumentary," "fake documentary," "talking heads," "documentary style comedy," "improv comedy," "confessional format," "cinema verite comedy." Examples: This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, What We Do in the Shadows, The Office, Borat, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Waiting for Guffman, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Genre keywords: fake documentary, talking head interviews, fourth wall awareness, found footage comedy, observational humor, improvised dialogue, cringe comedy.

Trigger: "multi-cam," "multicam sitcom," "studio audience," "laugh track," "three-camera," "four-camera sitcom," "live audience comedy," "classic sitcom," "theatrical comedy." Examples: Seinfeld, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Will & Grace, Cheers, Frasier, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, The Conners, That '70s Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Martin, Night Court, Mom. Genre keywords: live audience, theatrical staging, joke density, setup-punchline, recurring sets, cold open tag, ensemble comedy, standing sets, comedic rhythm, sitcom structure, hangout comedy, A-B story.

Trigger phrases: musical, song, dance number, choreography, musical theater, singing, showstopper, musical film. Example films: La La Land, West Side Story, Singin

Write stylish, fatalistic neo-noir screenplays steeped in moral corruption, urban shadow, and doomed protagonists. Master the noir tradition of flawed seekers, femmes fatales, labyrinthine plots, and a world where virtue is punished and corruption is systemic. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Chinatown, L.A. Confidential, Drive, Nightcrawler, Brick, Mulholland Drive, Collateral, Blood Simple, No Country for Old Men, Under the Silver Lake, Sin City. Also trigger for: neo-noir, noir, femme fatale, hardboiled, private detective, moral corruption, fatalism, urban crime, cynicism, double cross, dark city, shadows, venetian blinds, existential crime.

Trigger: "novel adaptation," "book to film," "literary adaptation," "adapting a novel," "novel to screen," "book to screen," "page to screen," "faithful adaptation," "adaptation screenplay." Examples: The Shawshank Redemption, No Country for Old Men, Gone Girl, Little Women, The Godfather, To Kill a Mockingbird, There Will Be Blood, Atonement, The Remains of the Day. Genre keywords: compression, fidelity vs reinvention, interior monologue, literary adaptation, narrative condensation, voice-over debate, source material, faithful adaptation, reimagining.

Trigger: "parody," "spoof," "genre deconstruction," "reference comedy," "send-up," "lampoon," "genre parody," "movie spoof." Examples: Blazing Saddles, Scary Movie, Walk Hard, Black Dynamite, Airplane!, Spaceballs, Hot Fuzz, Galaxy Quest, Young Frankenstein, Austin Powers, Robin Hood Men in Tights. Genre keywords: genre deconstruction, trope subversion, reference comedy, comedic homage, convention mockery, meta-humor, affectionate send-up, target genre.

Write achingly restrained, emotionally volcanic period romance screenplays where social code is the antagonist and a glance across a ballroom carries more erotic charge than any modern love scene. Master the language of repression, class hierarchy, epistolary longing, and the devastating cost of propriety. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Age of Innocence, Sense and Sensibility, Becoming Jane, The Remains of the Day, A Room with a View, Far from the Madding Crowd, Emma, Little Women, Bright Star. Also trigger for: costume drama, Regency romance, period love story, historical romance, social constraint, forbidden courtship, drawing room drama, corset drama, arranged marriage, class difference, repressed desire.

Trigger: "pilot episode," "series premiere," "TV pilot," "launching a series," "first episode," "show bible," "pilot script," "series opener," "television pilot." Examples: Lost, Breaking Bad, Fleabag, The Wire, Game of Thrones, Atlanta, The Sopranos, Twin Peaks, Stranger Things, The Bear, Severance, Ted Lasso. Genre keywords: world establishment, character introduction, hook, tone-setting, franchise potential, series engine, pilot structure, cold open, episode one, series launch.

Trigger: "podcast drama," "audio drama," "radio play," "audio fiction," "podcast screenplay," "audio storytelling," "sound-only narrative," "scripted podcast," "audio series." Examples: Welcome to Night Vale, The Left Right Game, Homecoming, Limetown, The Bright Sessions, Wolf 359, Wooden Overcoats, The Magnus Archives, Ars Paradoxica. Genre keywords: sound-only storytelling, audio world-building, soundscape, voice acting, theater of the mind, ear-first narrative, binaural, audio landscape, sonic storytelling.

Write intense, claustrophobic prison drama screenplays that explore institutional survival, freedom as spiritual concept, and the human capacity to endure or be broken by confinement. Master the architecture of enclosed worlds, power hierarchies, and the transformation that captivity demands. Trigger for anything in the vein of: The Shawshank Redemption, Cool Hand Luke, A Prophet, Escape from Alcatraz, The Great Escape, Papillon, Hunger, Starred Up, Bronson, The Green Mile, Orange Is the New Black. Also trigger for: prison, incarceration, jail, inmate, warden, guards, cell block, solitary confinement, prison break, correctional facility, penitentiary, parole, death row, institutional survival, escape.

Trigger: "procedural," "case-of-the-week," "cop show," "legal drama," "medical drama," "detective series," "crime procedural," "forensic show," "courtroom drama," "episodic drama." Examples: Law & Order, House, CSI, NCIS, The Good Wife, Bones, Criminal Minds, Elementary, Blue Bloods, The Closer, Monk, Columbo, Diagnosis Murder, Psych. Genre keywords: case-of-the-week, formula with variation, character through work, procedural engine, standalone episodes, franchise template, professional competence, institutional setting, investigative structure.

Write screenplays in the psychological horror tradition — unreliable perception, dissolving identity, the terror of madness, and the horror of not being able to trust your own mind. Use this skill when the user wants a psychological horror script, unreliable narrator horror, madness narrative, paranoia film, or any horror where the threat might be internal rather than external. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Black Swan (2010), Repulsion (1965), The Shining (1980), Perfect Blue (1997), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Mulholland Drive (2001), Session 9 (2001), The Machinist (2004), Shutter Island (2010), mother! (2017), Suspiria (2018). Also trigger for "psychological horror," "unreliable narrator," "madness horror," "paranoia horror," "is it real," "losing my mind," "hallucination horror," "gaslighting horror," "identity horror," or "descent into madness."

Write psychologically devastating, mind-bending thriller screenplays that weaponize perception against the audience. Master unreliable narration, gaslighting dynamics, identity dissolution, and the architecture of paranoia. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Gone Girl, Black Swan, Shutter Island, Memento, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Se7en, Primal Fear, Fight Club, Side Effects, The Machinist, Cape Fear, A Beautiful Mind. Also trigger for: unreliable narrator, gaslighting, paranoia, identity crisis, psychological manipulation, mind games, obsession, perception vs reality, mental breakdown, twist ending, doppelganger, dissociation.

Write visceral, morally complex revenge thriller screenplays that explore the seductive destruction of vengeance. Master the architecture of righteous fury, the escalation of violence, and the devastating cost of making someone pay. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Oldboy, Kill Bill, Blue Ruin, Promising Young Woman, John Wick, Gladiator, The Revenant, Prisoners, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Death Wish, I Saw the Devil, Carrie. Also trigger for: revenge, vengeance, retribution, payback, vigilante, vendetta, eye for an eye, blood feud, righteous anger, getting even, justice outside the law, avenging, retaliation.

Trigger phrases: road movie, road trip, journey film, cross-country, on the road, travel narrative, buddy road trip, fugitive journey. Example films: Thelma & Louise, Little Miss Sunshine, Easy Rider, Mad Max: Fury Road, Y Tu Mamá También, Rain Man, Sideways, Into the Wild, Nomadland. Genre keywords: journey as transformation, the open road, movement as narrative, landscape as emotional mirror, escape and pursuit, the vehicle as home, liminal space, destination vs. journey.

Write emotionally harrowing, psychologically acute serious romantic drama screenplays where love is tested by the full weight of existence -- addiction, ambition, mortality, class, ego, and the slow erosion of time. Master the craft of making audiences feel both the transcendence and the insufficiency of love. Trigger for anything in the vein of: A Star Is Born, The Notebook, Phantom Thread, Revolutionary Road, Marriage Story, Blue Valentine, Amour, An Officer and a Gentleman, The Painted Veil, Ordinary People. Also trigger for: serious romance, love under pressure, relationship drama, marriage in crisis, love and loss, existential romance, love and death, codependency, passionate dysfunction, romantic tragedy, adult love story.

Trigger: "satire," "social commentary," "political comedy," "institutional satire," "dark comedy," "media satire," "systemic absurdity," "biting humor." Examples: Don't Look Up, Idiocracy, Thank You for Smoking, Network, Dr. Strangelove, Wag the Dog, The Great Dictator, Sorry to Bother You, In the Loop, Veep. Genre keywords: institutional absurdity, systemic critique, comic exaggeration, Swiftian irony, straight-faced horror, satirical target, rhetorical comedy.

Write emotionally layered, temporally complex second chance romance screenplays where the past is a living presence in every scene, and two people must decide whether the love they lost can survive who they have become. Master the architecture of memory, the weight of accumulated time, the tension between nostalgia and reality, and the courage required to try again with full knowledge of how it can go wrong. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Before Midnight, The Way We Were, P.S. I Love You, Sweet Home Alabama, An Affair to Remember, The Notebook, Definitely Maybe, High Fidelity, Mamma Mia, The Bridges of Madison County, Same Time Next Year. Also trigger for: second chance romance, reunion love story, past love rekindled, ex-lovers reunite, lost love found, getting back together, first love reunion, old flame, rekindled romance, one that got away, unfinished love story, nostalgia romance.

Trigger: "serialized drama," "prestige TV," "novelistic television," "golden age TV," "long-form drama," "character-driven serial," "cable drama," "premium drama." Examples: Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, The Wire, Better Call Saul, Mad Men, Succession, The Americans, Ozark, The Leftovers, Rectify, Halt and Catch Fire, The Shield, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire, Fargo (serialized seasons). Genre keywords: character transformation, novelistic storytelling, moral descent, antihero, slow burn, thematic density, season-long arcs, consequences, institutional critique, visual storytelling, auteur television, showrunner vision.

Trigger: "short film," "short screenplay," "micro film," "festival short," "brief narrative," "5-minute film," "10-minute film," "economy of storytelling," "single idea film." Examples: Paperman, The Lunch Date, Curfew/Before I Disappear, Two Distant Strangers, Skin, The Neighbors' Window, Six Shooter, Stutterer, La Jetée, Wasp. Genre keywords: compressed narrative, economy, single premise, festival format, minimalist storytelling, visual shorthand, emotional punch, 5-25 pages, brief screenplay.

Trigger: "single-cam," "single camera comedy," "no laugh track," "cinematic comedy," "comedy-drama," "half-hour comedy," "streaming comedy," "mockumentary comedy." Examples: Arrested Development, Modern Family, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Schitt's Creek, The Office, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Fleabag, Ted Lasso, Atlanta, Barry, Scrubs, Malcolm in the Middle, Abbott Elementary, What We Do in the Shadows. Genre keywords: cinematic comedy, faster pace, no studio audience, location shooting, visual comedy, cutaway gag, mockumentary, talking head, comedic editing, tonal range, comedy-drama hybrid, half-hour format.

Trigger: "sketch comedy," "sketch show," "variety show," "comedy sketch," "sketch writing," "comedy variety," "live sketch," "cold open sketch," "character piece sketch." Examples: Saturday Night Live, Key and Peele, I Think You Should Leave, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Kids in the Hall, A Bit of Adams, Chappelle's Show, MadTV, Mr. Show, Portlandia, The Whitest Kids U'Know, Tim and Eric, The Amanda Show, SCTV, Baroness von Sketch Show, That Mitchell and Webb Look. Genre keywords: sketch structure, comedic premise, game of the scene, heightening, callback, character piece, cold open, topical satire, absurdist comedy, blackout, one-act comedy, recurring character, sketch packet.

Trigger: "slapstick," "physical comedy," "visual gags," "pratfalls," "body comedy," "sight gags," "silent comedy," "knockabout humor." Examples: The Naked Gun, Airplane!, Jackass, Buster Keaton's The General, Hot Shots, Dumb and Dumber, The Three Stooges, Mr. Bean, Home Alone. Genre keywords: visual gag construction, comic timing, escalation, pain as comedy, prop comedy, Rube Goldberg sequences, deadpan, physical commitment.

Write screenplays in the slasher tradition — masked killers, body count structure, final girl survival arcs, and the deadly interplay between transgression and punishment. Use this skill when the user wants a slasher script, serial killer horror, teen horror, or body count film. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Scream (1996), Halloween (1978), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Friday the 13th (1980), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Black Christmas (1974), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Happy Death Day (2017), Freaky (2020), The Strangers (2008), You're Next (2011). Also trigger for "slasher movie," "final girl," "masked killer," "body count horror," "teen horror," "slasher script," "whodunit horror," "scream queen," or "stalk and slash."

Trigger: "soap opera," "telenovela," "daytime drama," "melodrama series," "primetime soap," "romantic serial," "serial melodrama," "novela," "dramedy soap," "camp drama." Examples: Dallas, Jane the Virgin, Ugly Betty, Dynasty, Revenge, Desperate Housewives, General Hospital, Yo soy Betty la fea, Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, Empire, Devious Maids, La Reina del Sur, Pasion de Gavilanes, Neighbours, EastEnders. Genre keywords: melodrama, cliffhangers, romantic entanglement, high emotion, love triangles, family dynasty, betrayal, secret identity, operatic stakes, serialized romance, reversals, camp, heightened reality, episode-ending hook.

Write raw, unflinching social realist screenplays that put the audience inside lives rarely seen on screen — working-class struggles, marginalized communities, and the quiet heroism of surviving systems designed to grind people down. Use this skill whenever the user wants a kitchen sink drama, naturalistic film, socioeconomic story, or any screenplay rooted in the lived experience of people navigating poverty, labor, housing, immigration, or institutional failure. Trigger for anything in the vein of: Moonlight, The Florida Project, Roma, Nomadland, I Daniel Blake, Sorry We Missed You, Kes, The Bicycle Thieves, Capernaum, The Rider, Wendy and Lucy, Beasts of the Southern Wild, or Winter's Bone. Also trigger for "social realism," "kitchen sink," "neorealism," "working class," "economic struggle," "Ken Loach style," "naturalism," "poverty drama," or "slice of life drama."