Treatment Writer
One logline in. The document that gets you the deal, out.
Treatment Writer turns a logline and a handful of characters into a complete narrative treatment — the full story in present-tense prose, every beat intact. The document a producer reads before greenlighting a script. Drafted in full, in minutes.
THE LAST TIDE
TREATMENT · PRESENT TENSE · 4 PAGES
Overview
Structure
The Document Nobody Wants To Write
The treatment gets you the deal. So why does it feel impossible to start?
A treatment is what gets a writer staffed, gets a spec optioned, gets a meeting extended into development. But telling your whole story in flowing present-tense prose — every beat, every turn — is a different skill than writing scenes. So the most important document sits unwritten.
A producer asked for a treatment and I froze. I can write a hundred pages of script but I couldn't turn the story into flowing prose.
Cost: a request I couldn't answer
My treatment read like a dry synopsis — a list of what happens. It had no momentum, no tone. It didn't sell the story at all.
Cost: a flat, lifeless read
The fellowship deadline was in two days and I still hadn't written the treatment. I lost a weekend and nearly missed the submission.
Cost: a weekend and a near-miss
The Difference
Stop dreading the treatment. Start refining one.
Before
Freeze on turning scenes into flowing prose
A dry synopsis with no momentum or tone
Acts and turns that go missing or feel out of order
A weekend lost to one document
The most important read, left unwritten
After
A full treatment in present-tense prose, drafted
Momentum and tone, the way a producer reads it
All three acts intact — setup to resolution
A complete draft in minutes, then you refine
The document that gets the deal, ready to shape
What you get
Full Present-Tense Prose
Not a bulleted beat sheet — a flowing narrative treatment written the way a producer actually reads before greenlighting.
Narrative ProseBuilt From Your Logline
The logline is the structural spine — Treatment Writer expands it into a full treatment, filling gaps creatively where details are absent.
Logline-DrivenCarried By Your Characters
Provide character descriptions and the treatment expands them into full portraits for your protagonist and key supporting cast.
Character PortraitsThree Acts, Every Time
Setup, confrontation, and resolution — including the inciting incident, the midpoint shift, and the darkest moment before the close.
3-Act StructureAdd Your Own Direction
Optional story notes let you steer the draft — key scenes, the ending, tonal direction. The more you give it, the more the treatment becomes yours.
Steerable OutputReady For Your Pitch
A complete, present-tense treatment ready to paste into your Formly pitch as the synopsis.
Pitch-ReadyPART OF THE SCREENWRITING SUITE
Treatment Writer completes the pitch you started elsewhere.
Treatment Writer stands on its own — bring a logline and it drafts a full treatment in minutes. It also pairs naturally with the rest of the Screenwriting Suite: start from a logline generated in Log Line Machine, pull in characters built in Character Dossier, or paste the finished treatment into Formly's premise section.
Log Line Machine
Start from a logline generated there — Treatment Writer expands it into a full draft.
Character Dossier
Pull in full character profiles so the treatment carries their real depth.
Formly
Paste the finished treatment into Formly's premise/synopsis section.
How It Works
From logline to treatment in four steps.
Bring The Logline
The one or two sentences the whole treatment is built from.
Add The Characters (Optional)
Descriptions for your protagonist and key supporting cast.
Steer It (Optional)
Story notes — key scenes, the ending, tone — sharpen the draft.
Get The Treatment
A full present-tense draft, ready to refine and send into your pitch.
The Full Arc, Every Time
Five sections. The complete shape of a story.
A treatment that skips the midpoint or rushes the resolution doesn't sell. Treatment Writer builds the whole arc into every draft.
Characters
Portraits for your protagonist and 2–3 key supporting characters.
Overview
The premise in 2–3 punchy sentences — world, protagonist, central conflict.
Act One — Setup
The ordinary world, the inciting incident, and the commitment to the journey.
Act Two — Confrontation
The major beats and escalations, including the midpoint shift and darkest moment.
Act Three — Resolution
The climax, the final confrontation, and where the protagonist ends up.
Built For Writers With A Story To Sell
Whoever needs the treatment, needs it done right.
Feature Writers
Treatments for pitch meetings with production companies and studios.
TV Writers
Pilot treatments for showrunner review and network pitches.
Producers
Development documents that test story viability before a script.
Fellows & MFA Students
Required treatment submissions for labs, fellowships, and competitions.
Treatment Writer
- Full Present-Tense Prose
- Built From Your Logline
- Carried By Your Characters
- Three Acts, Every Time
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The producer asked for a treatment. Now you can say yes.
The document that gets the deal shouldn't be the one you dread. Turn your logline into a full treatment — and never freeze on that request again.
Start your free trial →Common questions
What do I need to provide?
Your logline, a rough outline or beat sheet, and genre/tone notes. If you've used Formly, you can paste that output directly into Treatment Writer.
Does it match my genre?
Yes — provide your comparables and tone notes and the treatment prose will reflect them. A horror treatment reads differently than a romantic comedy.
Will producers accept the format?
The format follows industry standard conventions. Treatment Writer outputs a document that looks and reads like a professional submission.