Script It! (PC/Mac)

Script It! was created by a produced screenwriter to take the complexity out of the script writing process by using the simple technique of step-outlining to build your story and screenplay scene by scene. Script It's intuitive design helps you build and navigate your outline, script and notes step by step through an AV remote-style console. Planning your story in this way helps you break your plot down into key sequences and see an overview of your entire narrative while working on individual scenes. This “sequencing” methodology (taught at USC) allows you to be creative while at the same time encouraging a structured approach to your writing

Professionally present your screenplay

Unlike regular word processors, Script It! is tailored for stage, television and movie writing and allows you to focus on your story and characters while it handles the formatting through handy “Tab and Enter” keyboard shortcuts and auto-complete. Script It! guesses character names as you type dialogue, suggests scene headings and automatically paginates your script to industry-standard guidelines, allowing you to maintain your creative flow.

Endorsed by Screenwriting Professionals

Script It! helps you organise your thoughts and build your story and screenplay beat by beat, making the process of writing a script less daunting and more intuitive, especially for first-timers learning the craft." Professor Richard Walter, Chairman of the UCLA Screenwriting Program

Screenwriting and Film-making Glossary

For novices learning the craft of screenwriting, or professionals with limited understanding of film-financing and production terminology, research is important and as such Script It! has a glossary of over 250 screenwriting and film-making definitions. Users can simply download shooting scripts of produced movies now freely available in PDF format on the web, compare various writing styles and see the professional use of terms contained in the glossary.

Organise notes and ideas in one place

As every writer knows, writing a screenplay is not just about the formatting, it’s also about the “process” and part of the process is keeping track of all the ideas that inevitably pop up along the way. Script It’s powerful Scratch Pad feature allows you to easily organise your notes in one place and categorise them into folders such as story ideas, research, character notes, plot lines and script snippets. Through its handy right-click "Send To Scratch Pad" menu option you can quickly select a section of text, such as a scene or dialogue exchange, and then create an instant copy of it in your Scratch Pad list for future reference or use.

Learn from the Pros with Movie Breakdowns of Ghost, Spider-Man and Scream

Script It! includes scene by scene story outlines and analyses of Hollywood blockbusters so users can see how successful movies are structured using the step-outline approach. Each comprehensive breakdown discusses both story and character development and includes comments on plot devices, screenwriting techniques used and directorial visualization of the narratives. The software also includes a sample short film project written by its creator so first-time writers can see how a cinematic story outline and screenplay can be developed and presented.

Create names for your characters

To have a good story you need great characters but finding the best name to suit the personality can sometimes be hard. That’s where Script It’s powerful Character Name Wizard comes in with over 140,000 first and last names categorised by gender, origin and meaning. You can filter your search by male or female, origin (such as “French”) and meaning (such as “Happy”) and select from a list of results. You can even generate a list of random names until you find one that fits and create a favorites list for future use.

Versatile Title Page for Synopsis or Cast Lists

Script It's Title Page panel allows multiple pages and automatically paginates, which means you can use it as a simple cover page, list your cast for stage plays, or even use it for writing a long form treatment or synopsis independent of the main project's outline and script. It can also be printed or exported separately giving writers complete flexibility when creating a document.

100% Cross-Platform

Script It! project files and interface are identical on Windows and Macintosh, making it easy for users to switch between platforms, collaborate with writing partners using different systems and exchange documents without losing any data. Serial Numbers are also valid for both platforms allowing you to authorise your PC and Mac. Movie Outline for Mac is Universal Binary and will work on PowerPCs and Intel Macs.

Share your story and script in a variety of formats

Script It! allows you to import plain and rich text files that have been saved in other word-processing programs and convert them into project files. If you have written an outline in another program Script It! will retain the formatting by interpreting the original document's section headings and creating individual steps for each section.

Export to a Variety of Formats

When you are ready to share your project with the outside world, the software’s powerful export wizard will guide you through the various options available. Since a project consists of many elements such as outline, script, notes and title page, you can select a file format, exactly what content to include and how to display it. Available file formats are plain text, rich text, html and PDF.

Customizable Print Wizard for Professional Presentation

Script It’s customizable Print & Preview allows you to select which elements of your project you wish to print and the style you wish to print them, allowing you to choose bold, underlined and uppercase step headings, headers and footers, page numbering, step numbering and coloured step titles.

Register and Submit your Script with Hollywood Script Express

Script It! is integrated with Hollywood Script Express which is a unique online service that helps you protect your work with intellectual property registration and offers professional script copying, binding and shipping to Hollywood industry standard specifications, allowing you to submit your script to agents, managers, producers and contests...or yourself.