diff --git a/app/src/App.test.tsx b/app/src/App.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b515eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/App.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { mount } from "./embed";
+
+// jsdom does not implement CSS.escape, which the editor uses to look up paragraphs by id.
+globalThis.CSS ??= { escape: (value: string) => value.replace(/[^\w-]/g, "\\$&") } as typeof CSS;
+
+const waitFor = async <T,>(read: () => T | null | undefined, timeout = 5000): Promise<T> => {
+  const started = Date.now();
+  for (;;) {
+    const value = read();
+    if (value) return value;
+    if (Date.now() - started > timeout) throw new Error("Timed out waiting for condition");
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+  }
+};
+
+const firstParagraph = (host: HTMLElement) =>
+  host.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".paragraph-editor[data-paragraph-id]");
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  document.body.replaceChildren();
+  document.getElementById("subscript-write-styles")?.remove();
+});
+
+describe("screenplay editing", () => {
+  it("stores typed text in the shared document so it reaches collaborators", async () => {
+    const host = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.append(host);
+    const handle = mount(host);
+    const paragraph = await waitFor(() => firstParagraph(host));
+    const editable = paragraph.closest<HTMLElement>(".screenplay-editable")!;
+
+    // Browsers dispatch input events to the contentEditable host, not the paragraph typed in.
+    paragraph.textContent = "INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT";
+    const range = document.createRange();
+    range.setStart(paragraph.firstChild!, paragraph.textContent.length);
+    window.getSelection()!.removeAllRanges();
+    window.getSelection()!.addRange(range);
+    editable.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
+
+    // Wait past the edit commit debounce, then reopen the draft from local storage.
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 600));
+    handle.unmount();
+    const reopened = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.append(reopened);
+    const reopenedHandle = mount(reopened);
+    const texts = () =>
+      [...reopened.querySelectorAll(".paragraph-editor[data-paragraph-id]")].map(
+        (element) => element.textContent,
+      );
+    await waitFor(() => texts().length > 0 && texts());
+    expect(texts()).toContain("INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT");
+    reopenedHandle.unmount();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+  }, 15000);
+});
diff --git a/app/src/App.tsx b/app/src/App.tsx
index 6f3fd22..50a6ed7 100644
--- a/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -891,22 +891,44 @@ function App({ config: configOverrides }: { config?: Partial<WriteConfig> } = {}
     }
   };
 
-  const handleScreenplayKey = (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-    if (mode !== "write") return;
-    if (deleteSelectionAcrossElements(event)) return;
+  const editedParagraphElement = (target: EventTarget) => {
     const anchorNode = window.getSelection()?.anchorNode;
-    const paragraphElement =
-      (event.target as HTMLElement).closest<HTMLElement>(".paragraph-editor[data-paragraph-id]") ||
+    return (
+      (target as HTMLElement).closest<HTMLElement>(".paragraph-editor[data-paragraph-id]") ||
       (anchorNode?.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE
         ? (anchorNode as Element)
         : anchorNode?.parentElement
-      )?.closest<HTMLElement>(".paragraph-editor[data-paragraph-id]");
+      )?.closest<HTMLElement>(".paragraph-editor[data-paragraph-id]")
+    );
+  };
+
+  const handleScreenplayKey = (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    if (mode !== "write") return;
+    if (deleteSelectionAcrossElements(event)) return;
+    const paragraphElement = editedParagraphElement(event.target);
     const paragraph = snapshot.paragraphs.find(
       (item) => item.id === paragraphElement?.dataset.paragraphId,
     );
     if (paragraph && paragraphElement) void handleWritingKey(event, paragraph, paragraphElement);
   };
 
+  // Input events fire on the contentEditable host rather than the paragraph being typed in,
+  // so resolve the edited paragraph from the selection and push its text into the shared doc.
+  const handleScreenplayInput = (event: React.FormEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    if (mode !== "write") return;
+    const paragraphElement = editedParagraphElement(event.target);
+    const paragraphId = paragraphElement?.dataset.paragraphId;
+    if (!project || !paragraphId) return;
+    const range = window.getSelection()?.rangeCount ? window.getSelection()!.getRangeAt(0) : null;
+    if (range && paragraphElement.contains(range.endContainer)) {
+      const before = document.createRange();
+      before.selectNodeContents(paragraphElement);
+      before.setEnd(range.endContainer, range.endOffset);
+      pendingCaret.current = { paragraphId, offset: before.toString().length };
+    }
+    project.updateParagraph(paragraphId, paragraphElement.textContent || "");
+  };
+
   const publishCursor = (paragraphId: string, target: HTMLTextAreaElement) => {
     project?.setCursor(paragraphId, target.selectionStart, target.selectionEnd);
   };
@@ -1418,6 +1440,7 @@ function App({ config: configOverrides }: { config?: Partial<WriteConfig> } = {}
                   contentEditable={mode === "write" && !isHistoryPreview}
                   suppressContentEditableWarning
                   onKeyDown={handleScreenplayKey}
+                  onInput={handleScreenplayInput}
                   onCopy={copyFormattedSelection}
                 >
                   {page.map((paragraph) => {
@@ -1510,12 +1533,6 @@ function App({ config: configOverrides }: { config?: Partial<WriteConfig> } = {}
                               paragraph.id === activeParagraphId,
                             )}
                             onFocus={() => setActiveParagraphId(paragraph.id)}
-                            onInput={(event) => {
-                              project?.updateParagraph(
-                                paragraph.id,
-                                event.currentTarget.textContent || "",
-                              );
-                            }}
                             onBlur={() => {
                               setActiveParagraphId(null);
                               void project?.commitParagraph(paragraph.id);