For writers & screenwriters
Fake chat generators for writers & screenwriters
Turn a text exchange in your story into a realistic screenshot — for a manuscript, a script, a pitch, or a book's marketing.
Modern stories are full of text messages, and a realistic screenshot can bring a scene to life on a book cover, in a pitch deck, or in your own drafting. Mock Screenshots lets you render the exact exchange your characters have — right platform, right device, right tone — as a believable image you can drop into a manuscript, storyboard or promo.
Why writers & screenwriters use it
Visualise a scene
See a character's text exchange as it would really look, which often sharpens the dialogue itself.
Marketing assets
A realistic screenshot makes striking promo for a book or script that features texting.
Match the character
Choose the device and platform that fit the character — an older iPhone SE, a Galaxy, WhatsApp vs iMessage.
Keep it clearly fictional
Use explicit story, manuscript or promo context so it remains a creative asset, not a claimed real message.
A simple workflow
- Write the exchange the way your characters would text — voice, rhythm, typos.
- Pick a device and platform that fit the character.
- Export the screenshot for your manuscript, storyboard or promo.
- Use timestamps and read receipts to convey tension or timing.
Making a character's texts feel real on the page
Seeing a character's exchange rendered as a real screenshot often sharpens the dialogue itself — you notice when a line is too long for a text, or when the rhythm is wrong. Write the exchange the way the character would actually type it, with the voice, pacing and even the typos intact, then choose a device and platform that fit them: an older iPhone SE and green SMS bubbles say something different from a new phone on iMessage, and WhatsApp reads as global where iMessage reads as US-contemporary. Timestamps and read receipts let you convey timing and tension without a line of narration.
Using screenshots in manuscripts and promo
A believable screenshot works as more than a drafting aid. It makes striking marketing for a book or script that features texting — a cover element, a pitch-deck slide, or a social teaser that shows the conversation at the heart of a scene. Match the platform and device to your setting so the asset feels-of-a-piece with the story, keep the fictional context explicit, and never present it as a real message from a real, identifiable person. As a creative asset in a manuscript, storyboard or promo it carries the scene; as a claimed real exchange it would cross into impersonation.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I use a screenshot in my published book?
Yes, as a fictional creative asset. Clean exports are free. Don't present one as a real message from a real, identifiable person.
Which platform should my characters use?
Match your setting and audience — iMessage reads as US/contemporary, WhatsApp as global. Both are supported with accurate detail.
Every export is fictional mock output — for creative and educational use, not deception. See our Acceptable Use policy.