The pre-production studio for short video. Write beats, time your script live, lock your opener, score your delivery clarity, plan the shoot, and rehearse — all before you hit record.
A short video is only about 80 words. That's a narrow target to hit cold. Scriptsmith lets you write your script in beats — Hook, Context, Value, Payoff, CTA — and shows the estimated spoken runtime as you type. Over by six seconds? It tells you exactly how many words to trim. And it checks your delivery clarity too: long sentences, passive voice, filler words, hard-to-pronounce phrases, and now word repetition are all flagged before you film. Nothing leaves your device.
Turn any draft into a shoot-readiness report. Production Pack checks delivery text, runtime fit, clarity score, hook status, hook variants, shot-list progress, and pipeline status, then exports a clean text handoff before filming.
The Clarity Score now flags content words used too many times in a short script. In an 80-word video, repeating the same word three or more times sounds monotonous on camera — listeners notice the echo even when you, the writer, don't. The score panel shows exactly which words are over-used, how many times they appear, and a one-line fix.
"script" appears 4 times
Vary it — try a pronoun.
The first hook you write is rarely the strongest. A "Hook variants" button now appears in the Beat editor for any script with a hook beat. Write up to 3 alternate openers, label them, and swap the winner into the active hook with one tap — non-destructively. The old text slides into the variant slot so you can always switch back.
The Scripts list now shows a compact pipeline summary when you have two or more scripts: a status breakdown (Idea / Scripted / Filming / Posted) with colored indicators, a progress bar for how many you've posted, and the total estimated filming runtime of scripted-but-not-yet-filmed scripts — useful before a batch shoot.
A 0–100 delivery score computed entirely on-device from five signals: sentence length, passive voice, filler words, hard-to-pronounce words, and (new in 1.3) repeated content words. Expands to show each flagged issue with its snippet and a one-line fix. Appears at a glance in the script list.
The full Clarity analysis as shareable plain text: score, sentence count, all issue categories, and every flag. Copy to clipboard or share via the iOS share sheet.
Estimates spoken runtime as you type, shows the fit verdict (on target / too long / room to spare), and tells you exactly how many words to trim or add. A pacing bar and beat breakdown chart show where your time goes.
Capture a concept the moment it hits you — a working title, a one-liner, and an optional format tag. Browse your backlog and promote any idea into a full script with one tap.
A "Prompt" tab in the script editor auto-scrolls your delivery text at your speaking pace. Adjust font size and speed in-flight. Optional mirror flip for reflection rigs.
Fill-in-the-blank opening lines across 12 angles — curiosity, contrarian, listicle, story, POV, warning, and more — each with a worked example and the reason it stops the scroll.
Pick a structure (How-To, Myth vs Fact, Hot Take, Before & After, Story Time, and 18 more) and your script starts with the beats already laid out, pacing guidance, and a strong CTA idea.
Export any script as labelled text (beat headings included), clean delivery text (words only — paste into any teleprompter app), a plain-text shot list, or the full clarity report.
Attach a filming checklist to any script — A-roll, B-roll, on-screen text, props, location, sound. Check items off as you film so nothing gets missed.
Walk through your script beat by beat at your target pace with a countdown ring and a gentle haptic on each beat — feel the rhythm before the camera rolls.
Eleven guides on hooks, structure, writing for the ear, pacing, batching, repurposing, and delivery clarity — plus 15 quick-reference frameworks and a 34-term glossary.
Scriptsmith runs entirely on your device. Your scripts and ideas never leave your phone. No account, no network calls, no ads, no in-app purchases.
An independent creator tool. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any social platform. Runtime figures are estimates and vary with delivery pace. Clarity Score is a heuristic analysis — results depend on your writing style and how sentences are punctuated.