diff --git a/script.html b/script.html
index 4fb89d8..7e8bbec 100644
--- a/script.html
+++ b/script.html
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ var poll = null, PRESETS = [], PHOTOS = [], DATA = null;
 // Shot length is a property of the engine the project will be filmed on, not a
 // constant. Veo shoots 8s, Omni 1.1 shoots 10s, so every duration and price
 // derived from "segments" has to ask which engine first.
-var MODELS = [];
+var MODELS = [], WRITERS = [];
 function modelFor(p) {
   var id = (p && p.render_model) || "";
   for (var i = 0; i < MODELS.length; i++) if (MODELS[i].id === id) return MODELS[i];
@@ -256,8 +256,39 @@ function render(r) {
         ? left + " rewrite" + (left === 1 ? "" : "s") + " left"
         : "Words approved") + '</div></div>';
 
-  var full = s.full_text
-    ? '<h2 class="sec">The whole piece</h2><div class="full">' + esc(s.full_text) + '</div>' : "";
+  // The whole piece, which is what was actually written - the shots below are
+  // cut from it. Older scripts predate the field, so fall back to the shot
+  // lines rather than showing an empty box.
+  var narrative = s.full_text
+    || (s.segments || []).map(function (x) { return (x.line || "").trim(); }).join(" ").trim();
+  var stale = !!s.shots_stale;
+  var full = !narrative ? "" :
+      '<h2 class="sec">The whole piece</h2>'
+    + (canEditScript
+        ? '<div class="card"><div class="field">'
+          + '<span class="hint">This is the script. The shots further down are cut from it, '
+          + 'so change the words here and press Setup shots to divide them again.</span>'
+          + '<textarea id="narr" style="min-height:260px">' + esc(narrative) + '</textarea></div>'
+          + '<button type="button" class="btn ghost" id="savenarr">Save the words</button>'
+          + '<span class="foot" style="margin-left:12px" id="narrnote"></span></div>'
+        : '<div class="full">' + esc(narrative) + '</div>');
+
+  // Cutting the narrative into shots. Explicit, because it speaks the whole
+  // piece through ElevenLabs to find real word endings - about a cent, fifteen
+  // seconds, and it rewrites where every shot begins and ends. This used to
+  // happen unasked on page load.
+  var setup = !canEditScript ? '' :
+      '<h2 class="sec" style="margin-top:34px">Setup shots</h2><div class="card">'
+    + '<p class="foot" style="margin:0 0 14px">Speaks the whole piece once in your pet&rsquo;s '
+    + 'voice, measures where every word actually falls, and cuts the shots at real sentence '
+    + 'endings. It divides the words &mdash; it does not change them. About a cent.</p>'
+    + '<button type="button" class="btn' + (stale ? '' : ' ghost') + '" id="setupshots">'
+    + 'Setup shots</button>'
+    + '<span class="foot" style="margin-left:12px" id="setupnote"></span></div>';
+
+  var staleNote = (stale && canEditScript)
+    ? '<div class="warn">The words above have changed since these shots were cut, so this is '
+      + 'the previous division. Press Setup shots to cut the new words.</div>' : '';
 
   var cams = '<datalist id="cams">' + PRESETS.map(function (c) {
     return '<option value="' + esc(c) + '">'; }).join("") + '</datalist>';
@@ -372,8 +403,20 @@ function render(r) {
       + '<h2 class="sec">Change the words</h2>'
       + '<div class="field"><label for="fb">What would you change</label>'
       + '<span class="hint">Be specific. “Too polite, he would be smugger” beats “make it funnier”. '
-      + 'Setting and camera you can just edit directly above.</span>'
+      + 'To change a word yourself, edit the piece above and press Setup shots.</span>'
       + '<textarea id="fb" ' + (left <= 0 ? "disabled" : "") + ' placeholder="Shot three is too wordy, and he would never admit the robot is good at anything."></textarea></div>'
+      + (WRITERS.length
+          ? '<div class="field"><label for="writer">Who rewrites it</label>'
+            + '<span class="hint">Different models are different comedians. The same note sent '
+            + 'to each one comes back with different jokes.</span>'
+            + '<select id="writer">'
+            + WRITERS.map(function (w) {
+                return '<option value="' + esc(w.id) + '"'
+                  + (w.id === (p.writer || "grok") ? ' selected' : '') + '>'
+                  + esc(w.label) + '</option>';
+              }).join("")
+            + '</select></div>'
+          : '')
       + '<button class="btn ghost" id="revise" ' + (left <= 0 ? "disabled" : "") + '>'
       + (left > 0 ? "Rewrite the words" : "No rewrites left") + '</button>'
       + '<button class="btn" id="approve" style="margin-left:10px">Approve and lock it</button>'
@@ -381,10 +424,15 @@ function render(r) {
 
   var body;
   if (VIEW === 1) {
+    // The narrative reads first, then what changes it, then what it is cut
+    // into. The rewrite box used to sit at the very bottom, under eight shot
+    // cards, which is a long way from the words it rewrites.
     body = head + warn + full
-      + '<h2 class="sec">The words, shot by shot</h2>'
-      + s.segments.map(linesHtml).join("")
-      + actions;
+      + actions
+      + setup
+      + '<h2 class="sec" style="margin-top:34px">The words, shot by shot</h2>'
+      + staleNote
+      + s.segments.map(linesHtml).join("");
   } else if (VIEW === 2) {
     body = head
       + '<p class="note" style="margin:0 0 22px"><strong>How it will be laid out.</strong> '
@@ -1046,14 +1094,17 @@ function bindAlign() {
   var out = document.getElementById("alignout");
 
   function paint(r) {
-    var bought = ((DATA && DATA.script && DATA.script.segments) || []).length * 8;
+    // The shot length belongs to the engine. Hardcoding 8 reported every Omni
+    // shot 2s short and flagged well-fitting lines as overruns.
+    var each = shotSecondsOf((DATA && DATA.project) || {});
+    var bought = ((DATA && DATA.script && DATA.script.segments) || []).length * each;
     var filmed = r.filmed || 0;
     out.innerHTML = '<p class="foot" style="margin:0 0 8px">Measured: '
       + (r.spoken || 0).toFixed(1) + 's spoken, about ' + filmed.toFixed(1)
       + 's filmed, against ' + bought + 's of shots.</p>'
       + (r.audio ? '<audio controls src="' + esc(r.audio) + '" style="width:100%;max-width:420px"></audio>' : '')
       + (r.shots || []).map(function (s) {
-          var fit = Math.abs((s.filmed || 0) - 8) <= 1.2;
+          var fit = Math.abs((s.filmed || 0) - each) <= 1.2;
           return '<div class="foot" style="padding:6px 0;border-top:1px solid var(--line)">'
             + 'shot ' + s.index + ' &middot; ' + (s.start || 0).toFixed(1) + '-'
             + (s.end || 0).toFixed(1) + 's spoken &middot; ~' + (s.filmed || 0).toFixed(1) + 's filmed'
@@ -1096,9 +1147,14 @@ function bindAlign() {
     load();
   };
 
-  api("align_script", { email: email, project_id: pid }).then(function (r) {
-    if (r && r.ok && !r.pending && r.audio) paint(r);
-  });
+  // Read the cached measurement only. This used to call without `refresh`,
+  // which still STARTS a run when nothing is cached - so merely opening the
+  // page spoke the script and moved every shot boundary, unasked and charged.
+  if (DATA && DATA.project && DATA.project.align_url) {
+    api("align_script", { email: email, project_id: pid }).then(function (r) {
+      if (r && r.ok && !r.pending && r.audio) paint(r);
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 function bindPreviz() {
@@ -1350,13 +1406,61 @@ function bindPost() {
 }
 
 function bindBottom() {
+  // Saving the narrative does NOT re-cut the shots: cutting costs money and
+  // takes fifteen seconds, so it is a button of its own.
+  var sn = document.getElementById("savenarr");
+  if (sn) sn.onclick = async function () {
+    hideMsg("msg");
+    var txt = (document.getElementById("narr") || {}).value || "";
+    if (txt.trim().length < 10) { showMsg("msg", "There is no script there to save."); return; }
+    sn.disabled = true; sn.textContent = "Saving…";
+    var r = await api("set_narrative", { email: email, project_id: pid, text: txt });
+    sn.disabled = false; sn.textContent = "Save the words";
+    if (!r.ok) { showMsg("msg", r.error || "That did not save."); return; }
+    showMsg("msg", r.status_text || "Saved.", "ok");
+    load();
+  };
+
+  var su = document.getElementById("setupshots");
+  if (su) su.onclick = async function () {
+    hideMsg("msg");
+    // Save anything typed but not saved first, so the cut is of the words on
+    // screen rather than the words on file.
+    var box = document.getElementById("narr");
+    if (box && box.value.trim().length >= 10) {
+      await api("set_narrative", { email: email, project_id: pid, text: box.value });
+    }
+    su.disabled = true; su.textContent = "Speaking it…";
+    var r = await api("align_script", { email: email, project_id: pid, refresh: true });
+    if (r.ok && r.pending) {
+      var waited = 0;
+      r = await new Promise(function (done) {
+        var t = setInterval(async function () {
+          waited += 4;
+          var g = await api("align_script", { email: email, project_id: pid });
+          if (g.ok && !g.pending) { clearInterval(t); done(g); return; }
+          if (waited > 240) { clearInterval(t); done({ ok: false, error: "That is taking unusually long." }); }
+        }, 4000);
+      });
+    }
+    su.disabled = false; su.textContent = "Setup shots";
+    if (!r.ok) { showMsg("msg", r.error || "Could not cut that."); return; }
+    if (r.note) { showMsg("msg", r.note); return; }
+    showMsg("msg", "Cut into shots at real sentence endings.", "ok");
+    load();
+  };
+
   var rv = document.getElementById("revise");
   if (rv) rv.onclick = async function () {
     hideMsg("msg");
     var fb = document.getElementById("fb").value.trim();
     if (fb.length < 5) { showMsg("msg", "Tell us what you would like changed."); return; }
     rv.disabled = true; rv.textContent = "Sending…";
-    var res = await api("revise_script", { email: email, project_id: pid, feedback: fb });
+    var wsel = document.getElementById("writer");
+    var res = await api("revise_script", {
+      email: email, project_id: pid, feedback: fb,
+      writer: (wsel && wsel.value) || ""
+    });
     if (!res.ok) { rv.disabled = false; rv.textContent = "Rewrite the words"; showMsg("msg", res.error || "That did not go through."); return; }
     showMsg("msg", "Rewriting now…", "ok");
     load();
@@ -1376,7 +1480,10 @@ async function load() {
   if (!pid || !email) return;
   if (!PRESETS.length) {
     var c = await api("camera_presets", {});
-    if (c.ok) { PRESETS = c.presets || []; MODELS = c.models || []; }
+    if (c.ok) {
+      PRESETS = c.presets || []; MODELS = c.models || [];
+      WRITERS = c.writers || [];
+    }
   }
   var r = await api("get_project", { email: email, project_id: pid });
   if (!r.ok) { showMsg("msg", r.error || "Could not load that script."); return; }