Co-Writing Screenplays and Theatre Scripts with Language Models (Dramatron user study)
Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.14958
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"usefulness": "Primary paper for Dramatron with a 15-professional user study; the main evidence base on what working screenwriters found useful or limiting in LLM co-writing.",
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"source_owner": "Mirowski et al. (Google DeepMind)",
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}Evidence claims
- [sourced_fact] Abstract: hierarchical application of language models via prompt chaining gives scripts with title, characters, story beats, location descriptions and dialogue; evaluated in a user study of 15 theatre and film professionals. · locator: arXiv abstract page source
- [upstream_claim] Abstract motivates the work by noting language models lack long-range semantic coherence, and discusses suitability for co-creativity and ethical considerations including plagiarism and bias. · locator: arXiv abstract page source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
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| documentation | CC-BY-4.0 | permitted | permitted | permitted | unknown | arXiv page lists CC BY 4.0 for this paper. |