ADV: Page 2 Stage - a top rated screenwriting program at a reasonable price
David Thielen
The Screenwriter's word processor
Page 2 Stage is screenwriting software designed expressly for people
writing screenplays, scripts, and plays. It provides numerous features
needed by screenwriters not found in standard word processors. Written
from the ground up it is the fastest and most modern screenwriting
word processor available on the market today. Page 2 Stage operates
exactly as you expect a Windows program to.
Try our full-featured Demo
The demo version has a few limits on it; All scripts print with the
word DEMO on them, You cannot save a file in RTF format, You cannot
copy from Page 2 Stage and paste to another program, and the program
will no longer run 1 month after you install it. That's it. Otherwise
you have the complete program to try out.
Click here and you can be trying out Page 2 Stage just 5 minutes from
now.
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No longer do you have to wait for a CD to be mailed to you. Instead
you will have the program seconds after you order it. Page 2 Stage is
an electronic download. When you purchase a copy, we e-mail you the
location of the program and a code to unlock it. You then download the
program and run it. (If you order the CD and manual, you will get the
electronic copy too.)
Click here and you can be writing with Page 2 Stage just 5 minutes
from now.
Easy to use
"...I looked at other screenwriting systems and found none as easy to
work with as Page 2 Stage. When I say "easy," I mean amazingly
compatible to my personal style and the many scripts (short and long)
I must write..." - James Napier, Quincy University
¿Habla Español?
Page 2 Stage is available in 30 languages from Arabic to Turkish. We
even have a version in British English. Now you can concentrate on
writing your script, instead of having to use a program that is not in
your native language. Just another example of how Page 2 Stage is
designed to be easy to use.
At a reasonable price
We don't advertise in the magazines. We don't sell through stores.
Because we do not have these costs, we are able to sell Page 2 Stage
for a lot less than our competitors. You can buy Page 2 Stage for only
$79.95. And Page 2 Stage is just as good as its competitors - you just
won't see any advertisements for it.
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Vidar Nilsen
>.... And Page 2 Stage is just as good as its competitors - you just
> won't see any advertisements for it.
Really?
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Vidar
"......you...and you....and you too you lousy bastard!! "
steve.peterson
"David Thielen" <da...@windward.net> wrote in message
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> >>Some snippage
> Try our full-featured Demo
Just a quick review of the demo here in case anyone in the group is curious
about this. Note, this is after just a few minutes of playing around so
hardly thorough. I'm comparing it to FD6 since that's what I currently use.
It's got the familiar bits of a scriptwriting program; one can use hotkeys,
menu bars, or buttons to switch between ACTION, SCENE HEADING, and the other
common elements. Supports dual-dialogue. No name database (but I don't miss
it).
THE GOOD:
Four pageview modes--the standard page layout, a layout like normal view in
Word, and Outline Mode, and Card mode. The last two deserve special mention.
Outline Mode: This looks like a Word outline but with special icons
indicating whether the element is a scene heading. You can drag and drop
sub-branches fairly easy as well as collapse or expand them.
Card Mode: Like card mode in FD but you can actually edit the cards while in
this screen. Very nice for quick little changes.
When I dragged one scene to the end it only moved the HEADER, not all the
stuff beneath--however, I also dragged a scene from the end to an earlier
point and the whole scene moved--so it looks like there's a little bug here.
In outline mode and card view mode you can see the scene numbering and
estimated time for each scene. Sort of convenient but I'm always uncertain
if that's any more accurate than the simple guess 1 page = 1 minute.
The software includes some display controls. You can click a button and hide
all the Notes, Action, parentheticals, dialogue, scene headers, or whatever.
This is pretty cool and I can imagine some ways I might be able to put it to
use.
THE BAD:
Already noticed the one small bug mentioned above--early generation software
typically makes me nervous.
Line spacing feels questionable. Looks like it defaults to one line space
prior to a SLUGLINE--meaning I'd have to adjust that for myself. One of the
core reasons I buy software like this is to handle that stuff automatically
so I'd like to be sure that it's implemented properly.
Hitting the ENTER key too often defaults to putting me in CHARACTER mode
instead of ACTION mode. You can hit SHIFT-ENTER but I'd prefer at least
having a preference toggle so that I can default to action most of the time,
given that my scripts are action heavy.
THE UNKNOWN:
A mnemonic ALT+letter key transitions between types; e.g. ALT-A to shift to
ACTION and ALT-S to shift to scene heading. This is fine but I like the way
in FD6 when I hold the control key the status bar shows me what my options
are.
In my short time with it I haven't written enough pages to find out how well
it handles widows and orphans; someone else will have to fill in that
detail.
OVERVIEW:
The nifty outline view and ability to type directly into the scene cards are
very nice features--the kind of features that could convince me to shift
over. I also like the ability to suppress different elements though I'm not
sure how I'd use that yet.
I also like the ability to order it online and download it quickly.
Besides potential bugs making sure the formatting is right would be my
biggest concern.
Other features I'd like: perhaps a title page thing like FD6+patch and an
export to PDF. I'm also a little concerned that the In-Production features
of FD will be something I miss if I ever get one of these bastards sold.
Regardless--I definitely think it's worthwhile to check out the demo and see
for yourself.
Tolo
Not exactly a selling point.