Screenwriting Software

[LittleOlMe]

Simon:

U don't have a screenwriting software do you?

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[Simon Haynes]

LittleOlMe wrote:

No, not me.

Cheers
Simon
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[Charles]

On Apr 13, 11:44 pm, LittleOlMe <LadyTDa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Simon:
>
> U don't have a screenwriting software do you?

You might want to check out Celtx, at www.celtx.com. It's free, and
available for Linux, Windows and Mac.

It's quite powerful and can handle everything you need for
screenplays. It's lacking one critical feature needed for writing TV
scripts, but for screenwriting it's great.

Charles

[LittleOlMe]

All of you are beautiful people.

Thank you so much.

On Apr 16, 12:04 am, Charles <olsen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 13, 11:44 pm, LittleOlMe <LadyTDa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Simon:
>
> > U don't have a screenwriting software do you?
>

> You might want to check out Celtx, atwww.celtx.com. It's free, and

[Trini Morgan]

What is that feature that its missing for writting tv shows?  I never really thought that their would be a differance.

[Charles]

For writing TV shows, you need to be able to force a page break. You
start each act on a new page.

That feature has been requested in Celtx, so hopefully it will
eventually be added.

Celtx is actually open source, so anyone with programming skills can
download the source code and make their own changes.

On Apr 17, 2:32 pm, "Trini Morgan" <trinitymor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is that feature that its missing for writting tv shows? I never really
> thought that their would be a differance.
>

> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Charles <olsen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Apr 13, 11:44 pm, LittleOlMe <LadyTDa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Simon:
>
> > > U don't have a screenwriting software do you?
>

> > You might want to check out Celtx, atwww.celtx.com. It's free, and

[Trini Morgan]

Ahh, ok.  Well the screen writting softwear is not for me, so I know nothing about writting for tv or film.  But my cousin has alot that she likes to write.  Unfortunatly the two of us know nothing about programing, so we would not know how to make that nessary change, but thats ok.  She jsut writes for film as far as I know.  Thanks for that help. 

[Patricia A. Swan]

If you're not locked into the idea of absolutely having to go
with freeware, I can highly recommend Movie Magic Screenwriter
http://www.screenplay.com It's the most used scriptwriting
software in the US scriptwriting market, and I've used it since
version 2.x. Before that I'd done scripts for eight years in
Wordstar, and then in Word 6 for several years until I purchased
MMScreenwriter in the mid-90s (yes, that math does add up to me
doing work in script format for more than 24 years. Currently
it's actually about 32 or 33 years 'cause I was doing it on a
typewriter before I computerized in 1984).

Hope this helps,

Pat in North Carolina

[Charles Olsen]

I agree with this. If you are willing to pay, Movie Magic Screenwriter
is a great program. It can handle both screenplays and TV shows, and
includes templates for a lot of different TV shows.

It's available for PC and Mac, and runs fine in Linux using Wine.

[LittleOlMe]

I agree as well.

I checked out the first one suggested here and it was great until I
realized that everytime I wanted to do something, I had to log on to
their site and I wasn't feeling someone's hand in my art while I'm
creating it. You know what I mean?

The Movie Magic Screenwriter is on my wish list. :)

Simon, thank you for not only putting together the most phenomenal
book writing software, but also for creating this group for like
minded individuals to meet.

Bless you.

On Apr 21, 7:40 pm, "Charles Olsen" <olsen...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Patricia A. Swan <zafarans...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >  On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:04:11 -0700 (PDT), Charles

> > <olsen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >On Apr 13, 11:44 pm, LittleOlMe <LadyTDa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >  >> Simon:
>
> >  >> U don't have a screenwriting software do you?
>

> >  >You might want to check out Celtx, atwww.celtx.com. It's free, and

> >  >available for Linux, Windows and Mac.
>
> >  >It's quite powerful and can handle everything you need for
> >  >screenplays. It's lacking one critical feature needed for writing TV
> >  >scripts, but for screenwriting it's great.
>
> >  >Charles
>
> >  If you're not locked into the idea of absolutely having to go
> >  with freeware, I can highly recommend Movie Magic Screenwriter
> >  http://www.screenplay.com It's the most used scriptwriting
> >  software in the US scriptwriting market, and I've used it since
> >  version 2.x.  Before that I'd done scripts for eight years in
> >  Wordstar, and then in Word 6 for several years until I purchased
> >  MMScreenwriter in the mid-90s (yes, that math does add up to me
> >  doing work in script format for more than 24 years.  Currently
> >  it's actually about 32 or 33 years 'cause I was doing it on a
> >  typewriter before I computerized in 1984).
>
> >  Hope this helps,
>
> >  Pat in North Carolina
>
> I agree with this. If you are willing to pay, Movie Magic Screenwriter
> is a great program. It can handle both screenplays and TV shows, and
> includes templates for a lot of different TV shows.
>

> It's available for PC and Mac, and runs fine in Linux using Wine.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[tdr]

> I checked out the first one suggested here and it was great until I
> realized that everytime I wanted to do something, I had to log on to
> their site and I wasn't feeling someone's hand in my art while I'm
> creating it. You know what I mean?

Celtx only goes to its site if you set it up to do so, it's in the
Tools>Options section. You have to actually check 'Sign in on Startup'
for it to go online, it doesn't do it on its own. No one will see
anything unless you want them to.

IMHO Celtx is the better package. I have Final Draft & have used it
for years, but it can be buggy & non responsive at times. I have used
Movie Magic as well. These programs take forever to update features &
they are usually more bloated and bothersome afterwards. Open Source
is the way to go. There is no monetary motive & it is constantly
updated by the people who use it. It also has a much more streamlined
operation.

tdr