REC00:00:00:00From season plan to finished episodes

AI Series Generator

Describe a show and get a season: an episode-by-episode plan, a script for each episode, and a story that remembers what it set up. Stop at the scripts, or keep going until every episode is filmed. For vertical micro-dramas, see the AI short drama generator.

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SC 01How it works

Build a season one stage at a time

A series is more than a long script. Pencil0 works at the level of the whole show first, then drops down to each episode, and every stage waits for your confirmation.

  1. 01
    STEP 01

    Describe the show

    Write the premise in your own words, including how many episodes you want ("an 8-episode animated comedy about..."). You can also upload a finished script for the whole series, and it is split into episodes for you.

  2. 02
    STEP 02

    Plan the season

    The AI plans the whole series first and then writes the episodes in order, so the shape of the season exists before the first episode is written. A single series task covers up to 120 episodes.

  3. 03
    STEP 03

    Read and revise each episode script

    Every episode gets a structured script. You change it by talking to the AI: cut a scene, sharpen a line, swap the order of two reveals. This is where most of the work of a series happens, and none of it costs you a video render.

  4. 04
    STEP 04

    Produce the episodes you choose

    When a script is confirmed, pull out its characters, scenes and props, give them reference images, break the episode into shots, and generate the shot videos. They are joined into a finished episode. You can do this for one episode, a few, or the whole season.

SC 02What it is built for

A season has to hold together

Generating one episode is the easy part. The hard part of a series is episode six remembering what happened in episode two. These are the pieces that address that.

  • Season-level planning

    Plan and write many episodes in one task instead of prompting each one from a blank page. Ask for the whole season, only the remaining episodes, or a specific range such as episodes 4 to 9.

  • Rewrite one episode, add another

    Reopen a single episode and revise it, or add a new episode at the end of the series. You do not have to regenerate the whole show to change one episode.

  • A story bible that carries across episodes

    The project keeps a structured bible: the world, each character, the relationships between them, how the plot is laid out in acts, and where each character stands in every episode. It is updated as you confirm edits, fed into the writing of the following episodes, and you can edit it directly.

  • One visual style across the show

    The video style and aspect ratio are set for the whole project, so episodes share a look. Individual episodes can override them when a story needs something different.

  • The same cast, episode to episode

    Characters, scenes and props have reference images that are used again whenever they appear in a shot. See consistent character AI for how that works and where it can still drift.

  • Scripts only, or all the way to video

    A pitch or a writers' room draft may only need the scripts. Nothing moves on to video until you confirm it, so you decide how far each episode goes and when to spend credits on rendering.

SC 03Craft notes

How to structure a season

The tool plans the season for you, but you will get better results if you give it the structure you already have in mind. This is a practical way to think about it.

NOTE 01

Start from the question the season answers

A season holds together when it is built around one question that is not answered until the end: will the crew get home, who really founded the town, can the siblings stay in the house. Everything else, including subplots and side characters, either pushes toward that question or complicates it.

Put that question in your first message. A premise that only describes a setting ("a space station in the year 2300") leaves the planner with nothing to build toward, while a premise with a pressure in it gives every episode a job.

NOTE 02

Give the pilot the heaviest lifting

The first episode has to introduce the world, the people and the pressure, and still end with a reason to continue. That is more work than any later episode will do, so it deserves the most revision.

A sensible way to use Pencil0 is to treat the pilot as the proof of concept. Read the script, fix it by conversation, check that the characters sound like different people, and only then let the rest of the season build on it. Because the story bible is written from the episodes you confirm, a pilot you are happy with is a better foundation for everything after it.

NOTE 03

Plan arcs, not just episodes

Most seasons are made of a few arcs of different lengths: a main arc that spans the season, a few shorter arcs that run across a handful of episodes, and episodic stories that resolve inside a single episode. Deciding which is which before you write helps you avoid a season where every episode ends on the same kind of cliffhanger.

Pencil0 keeps the plot as an outline broken into acts and records where each character stands in each episode. When you read the plan, check that each arc has a beginning, a turning point and an end, and that no character disappears for six episodes without a reason.

NOTE 04

Outline the episodes before you commit to scripts

An episode outline is a few lines: what changes, who it changes for, and what the audience is left wondering. If you can say it in that many lines, the script has a spine. If you cannot, the episode is probably two ideas stuck together or none at all.

Reading the plan first, and asking for changes, costs far less than correcting finished scripts. Once the outlines read well, let the episodes be written in order, then revise the ones that need it. For a short run of tightly serialised episodes, you may prefer the format described on the AI short drama generator page.

SC 04Specs and limits

Series size, formats and credits

The practical details, stated plainly.

SERIESSeries size
Up to 120 episodes in a single series task. You can keep adding episodes afterwards.
INPUTInput
A one-line idea, a description of the whole show, or a complete script that is split into episodes.
MODELVideo models
Seedance 2 Fast, Seedance 2, Seedance 2.5, MiniMax Hailuo H3 and Kling 3.0 Turbo.
SHOTShot length
4 to 15 seconds per shot, with native audio generated by default: dialogue and ambient sound.
RATIOAspect ratio
9:16 by default. The project supports 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16 and 21:9, though individual video models may support fewer of them.
COSTCost
Credit-based. Video is priced by shot length and resolution. New accounts receive 500 credits, valid for 30 days. See pricing for plans and credit packs.
ACCESSAccess
Currently an invite-only beta. Join the waitlist above, or sign up if you already have an invite code.

Available models and credit prices can change, so treat the pricing page as the source of truth.

SC 05Questions

AI series generator: frequently asked questions

Q.01

Can AI write a whole TV series?

Pencil0 can plan a series and write its episodes in order, up to 120 episodes in a single task. The result is a draft that you read and revise by chatting with the AI, not a finished product you have to accept. You stay in charge of every episode.

Q.02

Can I generate only scripts first?

Yes. The script is the first stage, and nothing moves on to characters, shots or video until you confirm it. If you only want scripts for a pitch or a read-through, you can stop there.

Q.03

How do you keep continuity between episodes?

While you write, the project maintains a story bible with the world, the characters, the relationships between them and each character's state in every episode. It is used when later episodes are written, and you can edit it. For video, the same reference images are used each time a character or location appears in a shot. Neither is a guarantee, so review each episode as you go.

Q.04

Can I rewrite one episode without breaking the rest?

Yes. You can reopen a single episode and revise it by conversation, without regenerating the others. The story bible is updated from the edits you confirm, and it shows each character's state per episode, so you can check later episodes against the change.

Q.05

What formats and aspect ratios are supported?

Projects default to vertical 9:16 and also support 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4 and 21:9. Each video model supports its own subset of ratios, so check the model you choose. Shot videos are 4 to 15 seconds long.

Q.06

How much does an episode cost?

It depends on how many shots the episode has, how long each shot is, the resolution and the model you pick. Writing is cheaper than rendering, so the script stage is the economical place to experiment. New accounts receive 500 credits, valid for 30 days, and pricing lists the plans and credit packs.

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