Does anybody have a properly formatted screenplay template they could email me?
Or maybe a reccomendation for a freeware or really cheap screenwriting software?
Or maybe just a suggestion that I go outside and get some fresh air?
Or something?
:: Goes back to buggy-eyed attempts to slide tabs around on MS Word ::
Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
*uses Movie Magic Screenwriter, the most wonderful screenwriting software EVAH*
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
Okay, so the demo for MMS says you can write, save, and print--the only catch is that it prints with a watermark?
Is this right?
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
quote:This demo is the actual Movie Magic Screenwriter program with certain features such as exporting, limited or disabled. You WILL be able to save work you do in this demo, up to 40 pages. However, everything will print with a watermarked background and you will niether be able to export the script, nor open it with the actual program without a password.
Ah. Only up to 40 pages.
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
I took a screenwriting class last semester. One helpful textbook was The Screenwriter's Bible by Dave Trottier. His website is www.keepwriting.com. He is known as "Dr. Format" because he's sort of like the Dear Abby of screenwriting. He has a column in a magazine where people write to him with formatting questions and he answers them.
Also, the professor wrote a sort of workbook for us which includes a lot of information. I can pass along some of that to you via email, if you want. I could also send you my screenplay sample, which isn't written very well, but is formatted wonderfully.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
This is only $49, though I've seen it many other places for much more.
Here is a shareware text editor with a screenwizard. It's only $29. Here are it's features.
Here are some reviews from the Writer's Guild of America. That looks to be really handy. Especially the Software Features Chart.
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
HesterGray, I'd love anything you would be able to send me. Go with my newer address, docmagik@gmail.com. Thanks so much!
And Kayla, you continue to be linkmaster. Thanks a lot!
You're all awesome.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Doc....for your own sake, change the email address aboe...don't use the @ mark, it is too easy for email harvester to find....writw AT instead of it..
Just a suggestion...
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
There's always ScriptMaker (and all the software associated with it). It worked well for me (but then, I wasn't doing anything too serious.)
--j_k
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
Kwea,
My friend Jarrod wrote a couple of those harvester programs, and I know some of the ways around it. That is not an @ sign, it is actually a Phonecian ascii symbol that is very close to the @, but not quite. If you squint really closely, you'll see subtle differences. Of course, since it's different ascii code, it may as well be a stop sign for all that those programs recognize it. However, if you cut and paste it, the cut-and-paste sofware recognizes the character, and converts it back to an @.
Please don't tell the harvester guys about this bug. My friend would get fired.
Oh, and thanks JTK. I'm downloading that app right now.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
final draft is expensive, but hot damn it makes things so much easier.
i think it is a worthwhile investment. most screenwriters and would be screenwriters i know use it.