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+import { isBlockLineBlock, isBlockCueBlock } from "./blocks";
+import { BreakBlockType } from "./constants";
+import {
+  type RichTextListNode,
+  type RichTextBlockNode,
+  isBlockNodeSectionBlock,
+  isBlockNodeTranscriptBlock,
+  isBlockNodeBreakBlock,
+  type RichTextNode,
+  isNodeParagraphNode,
+  isNodeListNode,
+  isNodeTextNode,
+  isNodeLinkNode,
+  isNodeBlockNode,
+  isNodeTabNode,
+  type RichTextContent,
+} from "./rich-text";
+
+const formatList = (node: RichTextListNode) => {
+  return node.children.map(formatNode).join("\n");
+};
+
+const formatBlock = (node: RichTextBlockNode) => {
+  if (isBlockNodeSectionBlock(node)) {
+    return (
+      `\n\n${node.fields.blockName}\n` +
+      formatRichTextContentToString(node.fields.content)
+    );
+  } else if (isBlockNodeTranscriptBlock(node)) {
+    return node.fields.lines
+      .map((block) => {
+        if (isBlockLineBlock(block)) {
+          return `${block.blockName} | ${formatRichTextContentToString(
+            block.content
+          )}`;
+        } else if (isBlockCueBlock(block)) {
+          return formatRichTextContentToString(block.content);
+        }
+        return "";
+      })
+      .join("");
+  } else if (isBlockNodeBreakBlock(node)) {
+    switch (node.fields.type) {
+      case BreakBlockType.space:
+        return "\n\n\n\n\n";
+      case BreakBlockType.dottedLine:
+        return "\n\n\n--------------------\n\n\n";
+      case BreakBlockType.solidLine:
+        return "\n\n\n____________________\n\n\n";
+      case BreakBlockType.sceneBreak:
+        return "\n\n\n     * * *      \n\n\n";
+    }
+  }
+  return "";
+};
+
+const formatNode = (node: RichTextNode): string => {
+  if (isNodeParagraphNode(node)) {
+    return node.children.map(formatNode).join("");
+  } else if (isNodeListNode(node)) {
+    return formatList(node);
+  } else if (isNodeTextNode(node)) {
+    return node.text;
+  } else if (isNodeLinkNode(node)) {
+    return node.children.map(formatNode).join("");
+  } else if (isNodeBlockNode(node)) {
+    return formatBlock(node);
+  } else if (isNodeTabNode(node)) {
+    return "\t";
+  }
+  return "";
+};
+
+export const formatRichTextContentToString = (
+  content: RichTextContent
+): string => content.root.children.map(formatNode).join("\n\n");
+
+export const formatInlineTitle = ({
+  pretitle,
+  title,
+  subtitle,
+}: {
+  pretitle?: string | undefined;
+  title: string;
+  subtitle?: string | undefined;
+}): string => {
+  let result = "";
+  if (pretitle) {
+    result += `${pretitle}: `;
+  }
+  result += title;
+  if (subtitle) {
+    result += ` — ${subtitle}`;
+  }
+  return result;
+};