Melies

What Melies is

Melies is a web-based screenwriting workspace for writing, formatting, revising, organizing, visualizing, and exporting scripts. Its free account includes unlimited manual writing, screenplay formatting, organization, imports, version snapshots, and exports. Writers can use a searchable outline, beat board, scene navigation, character and location views, and screenplay statistics. The workspace supports feature films, short films and proof of concepts, pilots and episodic stories, script revision, and film previsualization. Credit-based AI actions include rewriting selected text or a scene, polishing dialogue, continuing writing, generating coverage, and turning a beat into a scene. Before an AI writing or image-generation action runs, Melies shows its scope and credit cost. Generated character and location references can carry into scene and storyboard generations. Melies imports TXT, Fountain, and Final Draft FDX scripts; exports include Fountain, FDX, TXT, paginated PDF, and a complete project ZIP. Paid plans provide annual credit allowances and vary in concurrent generations, storage, license, image resolution, and queue priority. Subscription credits refresh with each monthly credit cycle and do not roll over. The listed plans are Starter at $9 a month, Pro at $49 a month, and Max at $99 a month; each also lists an annual billing amount.

Who it suits

Melies suits screenwriters who want script organization, formatting, imports, and exports in a web workspace, including writers working on features, shorts, pilots, or revisions. Its credit-based AI tools may also suit writers who want help rewriting, polishing dialogue, continuing scenes, or developing beats.

Limits

The free account includes unlimited manual writing, formatting, organization, imports, version snapshots, and exports; AI actions use credits. Starter includes 6,000 credits per year, one concurrent generation, 25 GB cloud storage, personal use, and a maximum 2K image resolution. Subscription credits refresh each monthly credit cycle and do not roll over.

Getting started

1. Visit https://melies.co/ai-screenwriting.
2. Create an account; the privacy policy lists Google, Facebook, and Discord sign-in.
3. Use the free account for manual writing, formatting, organization, imports, snapshots, and exports.
4. Import a TXT, Fountain, or Final Draft FDX script, or start writing manually.
5. Choose a paid plan if you want its listed credit allowance and plan limits.

Verdict

Pick Melies if you want a web screenwriting workspace with a substantial set of free manual writing, organization, import, and export tools. Look elsewhere if your workflow requires a commercial license or higher image resolution on the Starter plan, or if you want subscription credits to roll over.