I'm glad that everyone has settled down in time to celebrate the end of my finals. Yes, that's right, the end.  Lets dish out the ice cream and the party hats.

woah woah woah little campers

calm down everyone. of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion but let's not argue about it.

Some people enjoy using programs that do the formatting (like myself) and some don't. It's also a good learning tool.

So let's all take a breather. One the count of three.

One

Two

Three


WHEW. Now that's better. Let us focus on the point of this thread.

'I need a free scriptwriting program that looksnice'

A simple no can be answered. No need for argument about all of this.

Don't be  > be  

Quoted from Antemasque Don't be  > be

And suddenly, the sultry song stylings of Bobby McFerrin float across the forum... Here's a little song I wrote...you might want to sing it note for note, so don't worry...be happy...

Quoted from Antemasque WHEW. Now that's better. Let us focus on the point of this thread. 'I need a free scriptwriting program that looksnice'

Exactly!

We're all really missing the point here, since what started out as a question of "free" software has turned into a debate over MM and FD vs. Word, RD, whatever.

And unless the Salvation Army or Santa Claus is plannin' on leaving MM or FD on my doorstep, they ain't free, which is why I chimed in many posts ago, before the flood, with the RoughDraft suggestion.

I'm sure it doesn't have all of the bells and whistles that the professional software packages have, but it does meet one important piece of criteria.  It's free!

I use it, it's alright, and I haven't received any horrible complaints over my formatting.

Now, my descriptions on the other hand.......

Honestly, I don’t see the big deal. There was a minor (yes, a minor) disagreement. We’re writers. Creating conflict and drama is what we do.

If every thread is restricted to only what’s specifically pertinent, then many of the posts on the discussion board would have to be removed. It’s never bothered me when threads get a little off subject but it’s apparently significant enough to some people to stop doing it.

Personally, I think debate is healthy. The more it escalates, the more it’s needed. People just need to learn to debate peaceably.

But if restricting posts so that they pertain only to the original post is what is wanted, fine. I’ll do that. I apologize for posting in this thread in the first place and, from now on, I’ll limit my posts to only the original subject of whatever thread. You can expect my number of posts to drop significantly but if that’s what it takes to keep things peaceful, so be it.

Quoted from Kevan Just a quick reply to say I must hold my hands up and come clean.. I decided to wind you all up on this thread just so you people would visit and get involved in the discussion..

Anybody else feel like they've just read the message board equivalent of "It was all just a dream."?


I'm going to shower.

You have the right to do your debates.
But it was all getting out of hand.
If we must debate, debate like professionals.

So be my guest and keep debating. I never said stop. But don't let things don't get too out of hand.

But you should also read the threads title and think is this debate right to go here? The answer to the question is nope.

I just don't understand what your personal feelings on script writing programs has to do with this guy getting a free one, I feel we've had this discussion before anyways in the correct forum called screenwriting class.

But hey like Andrew said go nuts, it's golden material like this that feeds the simply script fanfics.   Right Andrew.

This stuff will never go to bed unless Don kills it with his almighty delete button.

I could delete it but I have to do it post by post, takes forever but Don probably has a one click delete button for the entire thing.

We need less people needing them and more people doing research. I found many free programs when looking, I even found that one where you can answer questions and it tells you your idea which is kind of cool.

Cinergy Script Edititor is 100% free. It properly formats and paginates so you don't have to wory about manually setting tabs and whatnot. There are certain things that you can't do, certain parentheticals being one of them, but it does have O.S. and V.O. and you can use beats to break dialogue.

My first script The Ragman was written with the program. Good thing is, if you want to purchase the upgrades, they're fairly cheap.

Can anyone tell me where I can download a free example of a proper script outline, or an outline in general? I usually write without one and do it in my head as I go along, but I'd like to structure my next screenplay scene by scene so I have a basic idea of how I'd like it to flow.

Thanks.