The Heavy Hittersįinal Draft and Movie Magic Screenwriter are the two heavy hitters when it comes to “industry standard” screenwriting applications. These newer applications run the gamut in features as well as pricing – in fact some of them are free. The market for this software has boomed in the past seven years from the past where a handful of premium price industry-standard options dominated, to a wild west of software applications.

It has added a number of extra features including sophisticated revision tracking, advanced collaboration options, and tools that break down the script in terms of locations, characters, props and more Modern screenplay software has evolved into more than simply rearranging our margins, however. In general, much of the workflow has been simplified into an easy to remember “enter-tab” methodology: which by instituting the use of only two keys (in this case enter and tab) you can quickly scroll through your margins to get the element (Character Name, Dialogue, Action Description, Transition etc) you're looking for. The benefits of these programs is the undeniable fact that we no longer have to memorise margins (or keep a cheat-sheet next to our typewriters!) and interrupt the flow of a good writing session just to change the margin for a quick action description. Screenwriting software is an extension of the modern word processor that ensures that your screenplay's margins stick to the industry standard screenplay format. Since screenwriters migrated from typewriters to computers, the idea was always about finding an easier, more effective tool to pound words into.

Haas provides a round up of the more popular screenwriting software packages available. What is screenwriting software supposed to do? The simplest answer we could think of is: make our lives easier. Peter J.

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