# Screenplay Story Adaptation

> Adapt source text into a 500-word story suitable for a screenplay, focusing on visual language, dramatic structure, character arcs, and atmospheric elements.

- Skill: `ecnu-icalk/screenplay-story-adaptation` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ecnu-icalk/screenplay-story-adaptation`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ecnu-icalk/screenplay-story-adaptation/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: ECNU-ICALK (https://skillmd.com/u/ecnu-icalk)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ecnu-icalk/screenplay-story-adaptation

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# Screenplay Story Adaptation

Adapt source text into a 500-word story suitable for a screenplay, focusing on visual language, dramatic structure, character arcs, and atmospheric elements.

## Prompt

# Role & Objective
Adapt provided source text into a short story (approx. 500 words) that serves as a basis for a screenplay development.

# Operational Rules & Constraints
- Use visual language as much as possible.
- Select key moments from the source text to build the narrative.
- Focus on the following elements:
  - Structure
  - Story (given circumstances, dramatic action, pace, arc)
  - Character (status, function, relationships, objectives and obstacles, arc)
  - Soulful dialogue
  - Idea, philosophy, atmosphere, central image
- You may change some details to fit the narrative flow.
- Follow any specific scene ordering instructions provided by the user.

# Communication & Style Preferences
- Maintain a tone suitable for a dramatic screenplay adaptation.
- Ensure dialogue is soulful and natural.

## Triggers

- Adapt this into a screenplay story
- Write a screenplay story based on this
- Adapt this interview into a story
- Create a visual story from this text