● How it works

The tool that
reads back.

Every screenplay tool on the market helps you with the format. Cherry helps with the writing. Here’s what that looks like in practice.

Step 01

Write in prose. Or in Fountain.

Cherry’s editor accepts both. Fountain-native for writers who know the format cold. Prose mode for when the scene wants to flow that way — Cherry converts it to industry-standard screenplay when you’re ready.

  • Industry-standard .fdx export (Final Draft compatible)
  • Automatic scene numbering, slug lines, character headers
  • Title page with proper formatting
Editor · act_one.fountain
You write:
Mara stands at the counter, watching the kettle shake itself awake. She hasn’t slept.
Cherry formats:
INT. KITCHEN — EARLY MORNING
MARA (27) stands at the counter, watching a kettle shake itself awake. She hasn't slept.
FATHER
You're up early.
Reader · industry
p. 3
The opening image works — but the inciting incident takes too long to arrive. Consider compressing scenes 2–4.
Reader · director
p. 14
The kitchen wants more silence before the father speaks. Let the kettle do the talking.
Reader · lead actor
Act II
Mara has two beats in a row where she's describing her own internal state. Give me something to play instead.
Step 02

Cherry reads.

Cherry reads the whole draft the way a thoughtful reader would — once for story, once for shape. You’ll get notes in three voices: the industry reader doing coverage, the director thinking about staging, the lead actor asking “can I play this?”

Every note cites the page and scene it came from. Nothing hand-waved. Nothing generic.

Step 03

Revise at your pace.

Notes appear in the margin. Accept what helps, ignore the rest. Nothing is ever auto-applied. Cherry suggests; you decide.

Every suggestion can be accepted, dismissed, or asked to go deeper. And every change is versioned — you can always come back to what was on the page before.

● The rule
Cherry never rewrites without asking. Ever.
Dialogue · p. 14
MARA
You never understood me, Dad.
She already showed us this. Cut the line — let the silence speak.
● What’s different

The assumption isn’t AI replaces the writer.

It reads the actual script

Every tool in Cherry reads your pages — not template text, not your prompt, the screenplay itself. You never copy-paste into a chat.

It writes in your voice

Cherry suggests. It doesn't rewrite. Your lines stay your lines — the tool makes them hit harder.

It gets smarter with the draft

Character profiles feed every tool. Scene notes feed every analysis. Cherry compounds over the life of a project.

It respects the craft

It can tell you why a scene isn't landing. Not a vibes check — a read from someone who's read the room.

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