# Run a dialogue pass

> Use Inkwell’s Dialogue Pass skill to tighten dialogue in your screenplay. Review its suggestions inline and accept or reject each line.

About 5 minutes in Plot

## Review dialogue changes in your draft

Dialogue Pass proposals appear inline. Read each suggested rewrite, then accept or reject it.

## Follow along in Plot

Each step matches visible UI in the editor.

1. [Open your screenplay in Plot](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/dialogue-pass#step-1)

   Sign in and open the draft you want to polish. Dialogue Pass works on the structured dialogue in the editor — scene headings and character cues included.

   _Skills run against structured screenplay data_

2. [Open the Skills panel](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/dialogue-pass#step-2)

   In the right sidebar, select the Skills tab. You can also press ⌘K and search for Run skill: Dialogue Pass — both paths launch the same pass.

   _Reviewable passes — not a chat transcript_

3. [Select Dialogue Pass](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/dialogue-pass#step-3)

   Find Dialogue Pass in the skill library. Context suggestions may surface it first when your cursor is in dialogue — the card shows scope and a Run action.

   _A named pass from the skill library_

4. [Run the pass](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/dialogue-pass#step-4)

   Click Run. Inkwell analyzes dialogue in the skill's scope (scene or wider script per configuration) and returns structured suggestions — a toast confirms when the pass completes.

   _Structured markup — not pasted chat output_

5. [Review inline suggestions](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/dialogue-pass#step-5)

   Each proposed rewrite appears on its dialogue line in the editor. Read the before and after side by side — the pass may suggest multiple lines in the same scene.

   _Line-level suggestions in the screenplay_

6. [Accept or reject each line](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/dialogue-pass#step-6)

   Use Accept to keep a suggestion or Reject to leave your original line. You stay in control — nothing applies until you choose, line by line.

   _Accept or reject each line — you stay in control_

7. [Keep writing — optionally save a snapshot first](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/dialogue-pass#step-7)

   Accepted lines stay in the draft. Before another pass, create a named save point (⌘⇧S) so you can compare or restore if you want to revisit the earlier voice.

   _Pair with save points before big rewrites_

## Related reading

- [AI skills pillar](https://www.inkwell.software/learn/ai-skills-for-writers): WGA-aware AI framing
- [Dialogue Pass](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/dialogue-pass): glossary entry
- [BYOK setup](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/byok-setup): connect your provider

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