The purpose of a properly formatted script is to accurately indicate the program's running time and allow production requirements--talent, locations, props, etc.--to be identified quickly. Each script element--scene headings, action, dialogue, parentheticals, character names and transitions--has separate formatting requirements. It's not as complex as local building codes, but there are rules. Scriptwriting programs (more properly labeled script formatters since none writes dialogue or action on its own) let you forget about the rules and allow you to concentrate on the story.

Final Draft 7
The Screenwriter's Choice ®
You have a story to tell. Use Final Draft to write it.

Use your creative energy to focus on the content; let Final Draft take care of the style. Final Draft is the number-one selling word processor specifically designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics and stage plays. It combines powerful word processing with professional script formatting in one self-contained, easy-to-use package. There is no need to learn about script formatting rules — Final Draft automatically paginates and formats your script to industry standards as you write.

Final Draft AV 2.5
Watch your ideas line up.

Final Draft AV is the only dedicated full-featured scriptwriting software specifically designed for the professional writers of commercials, corporate and training videos, documentaries and presentations. Unlike standard word processors, Final Draft AV keeps the audio and video columns automatically aligned when text is added, edited or deleted. There are no complicated commands to learn and no need to worry about style or placement of text; Final Draft AV creates a professionally formatted Audio-Visual script in no time.

Movie Magic Screenwriter
Movie Magic Screenwriter is the best selling* screenplay formatting software and the choice of Hollywood professionals. Screenwriter automatically formats while you write so you can focus on what you’re writing, not where it goes on the page. It also formats for television, stage, novels and comic book scripts so you’ve got an all in one package for any story you want to write. With a massive set of features designed to make the rewriting process fast and simple you can get from FADE IN: to FADE OUT effortlessly. Online collaboration, the ability to compare drafts of screenplays and the most comprehensive production features of any screenwriting software all make Movie Magic Screenwriter the clear choice for getting your stories from concept to screen.

*NPD tracks world-wide software sales at over 27,000 brick and mortar retail locations, including CompUSA, and 9 e-commerce retailers, including Amazon.com.

Page 2 Stage
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.

Scriptware
What makes Scriptware the best-selling scriptwriting word processor in Hollywood (and the rest of the world)? Simple. With Scriptware scriptwriting software you have the fastest, easiest and most powerful way to get the story that's in your head onto the page in the format professionals demand.

As you type, Scriptware formats. Automatically, instantly and perfectly. Margin changes, capitalization, spacing and all the rest happen on the fly and on your screen. And when you get to the end of a page, Scriptware knows what to do there, too. It breaks scenes, action, and dialogue in the proper places. It puts in (more) and (CONTINUED) lines when you need them. When you make changes on page one, Scriptware invisibly checks and paginates every page afterwards!

If you know nothing about formatting, Scriptware does everything you need. If you want to change a format so it's just right, Scriptware lets you do everything you want.

Scriptware is a full-featured word processor with everything you'd expect: Cut and Paste. Speed Buttons. 100,000+ word Spell Check and Thesaurus. Headers and Footers. Find and Replace. Autosave. Bookmarks.

Plus, Scriptware has features you won't find in your word processor, but will want as a script writer: Quick Lists (to enter names, scenes and more with one keystroke). Electronic Script Notes. Automatic Page, Scene and Act numbering. Instant Title Pages(s). Scene Shuffle (rearrange your script as if it were on index cards). Breakdown reports. And much more.

Scriptware's simple installation, easy-to-read manual, online help and telephone technical support give you all the back-up you need. Just open the box and you'll be up and writing in minutes.