2013-02-14T02:16:48Z http://www.theatreface.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2529492%3ABlogPost%3A88105&xn_auth=no tag:www.theatreface.com,2013-02-13:2529492:Comment:166702 2013-02-13T00:09:20.158Z Richard T. Young http://www.theatreface.com/profile/RichardTYoung

<p>Gwydion - Hi. It's been a while. Great post. You make me want to check this out. I spend a lot of time formatting and reformatting. I think I'm ready for something like this. Thanks.</p> <p>Richard Young</p>

<p>Gwydion - Hi. It's been a while. Great post. You make me want to check this out. I spend a lot of time formatting and reformatting. I think I'm ready for something like this. Thanks.</p> <p>Richard Young</p> tag:www.theatreface.com,2012-06-11:2529492:Comment:158166 2012-06-11T18:55:05.541Z Gwydion Suilebhan http://www.theatreface.com/profile/GwydionSuilebhan

<p>Yes. Final Draft formats like that.</p>

<p>Yes. Final Draft formats like that.</p> tag:www.theatreface.com,2012-06-11:2529492:Comment:158164 2012-06-11T18:50:11.602Z Alexander Thomas http://www.theatreface.com/profile/AlexanderThomas

<p>I have Celtx. It's pretty good. The thing I'm disappointed in is that, in the play format, it places the character names to the left instead of center. I want the character name center over the dialogue. Do you know which program formats like that? </p>

<p>I have Celtx. It's pretty good. The thing I'm disappointed in is that, in the play format, it places the character names to the left instead of center. I want the character name center over the dialogue. Do you know which program formats like that? </p> tag:www.theatreface.com,2011-07-04:2529492:Comment:118963 2011-07-04T02:15:03.433Z Gwydion Suilebhan http://www.theatreface.com/profile/GwydionSuilebhan

Sounds like cool stuff!

Sounds like cool stuff! tag:www.theatreface.com,2011-07-03:2529492:Comment:118960 2011-07-03T20:00:21.683Z Patrick M Brennan http://www.theatreface.com/profile/PatrickMBrennan

I have created a nice (and free!) play formatting package on top of OpenOffice. It allows you to write in a rapid fashion and formats your play for you with very little fuss. It also has a nice feature which allows you to highlight any character's lines or the stage directions (this is a convenience feature allowing you to prepare scripts for readings). You can find the package at…

I have created a nice (and free!) play formatting package on top of OpenOffice. It allows you to write in a rapid fashion and formats your play for you with very little fuss. It also has a nice feature which allows you to highlight any character's lines or the stage directions (this is a convenience feature allowing you to prepare scripts for readings). You can find the package at <a href="http://playwrighttools.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://playwrighttools.sourceforge.net/</a><br /> <br /> Regarding "revision mode", I have found that Mercurial is a tool no playwright should be without. This free package allows you to painlessly manage revisions to your script and compare the state of your script to any other change. I use it with a program called Beyond Compare (not free, but cheap), and it makes a potent combination for managing my writing process. tag:www.theatreface.com,2011-03-28:2529492:Comment:94981 2011-03-28T13:42:42.486Z Gwydion Suilebhan http://www.theatreface.com/profile/GwydionSuilebhan

<p>Thanks, Greg. Glad you found this so useful. Sounds like Scrivener is your best best...</p> <p> </p> <p>And thank you for the invitation. I'd love to come see, you, but I'm only in town for the weekend, which is (as you might expect) jam-packed! Another time...</p>

<p>Thanks, Greg. Glad you found this so useful. Sounds like Scrivener is your best best...</p> <p> </p> <p>And thank you for the invitation. I'd love to come see, you, but I'm only in town for the weekend, which is (as you might expect) jam-packed! Another time...</p> tag:www.theatreface.com,2011-03-28:2529492:Comment:94771 2011-03-28T12:33:01.674Z Greg Hardison http://www.theatreface.com/profile/GregHardison

I love these ideas!!! We have been developing scripts for our Museum Theatre program for years using only Word, and I never even knew these programs exisited, so Gwyndion, I heard you! :) All of our plays are based on copious amounts of research, scholarly support, and primary sources from the collections of the Kentucky Historical Society, so I am most interested in software that simplies footnoting, bibliography, and related research. Andrew and Jacob mention Scrivener, which I plan to…

I love these ideas!!! We have been developing scripts for our Museum Theatre program for years using only Word, and I never even knew these programs exisited, so Gwyndion, I heard you! :) All of our plays are based on copious amounts of research, scholarly support, and primary sources from the collections of the Kentucky Historical Society, so I am most interested in software that simplies footnoting, bibliography, and related research. Andrew and Jacob mention Scrivener, which I plan to learn more about. Can anyone else recommend programs that allow for supporting data? Gwyndion, we are only about 50 minutes from Louisville, so come on over and visit while you are at the Humana Fest! tag:www.theatreface.com,2011-03-17:2529492:Comment:92275 2011-03-17T02:17:38.485Z Gwydion Suilebhan http://www.theatreface.com/profile/GwydionSuilebhan

<p>Drat. I knew about Scrivener and forgot to mention it.</p> <p>The one Final Draft feature I have not seen in other programs -- not that it doesn't exist, but I haven't seen it -- is the ability to enter "revision mode," which allows for the locking of pages, the marking of changes, the separation of revision sets. It has made me the hero of more than one production that I was able to do this easily and smoothly.</p>

<p>Drat. I knew about Scrivener and forgot to mention it.</p> <p>The one Final Draft feature I have not seen in other programs -- not that it doesn't exist, but I haven't seen it -- is the ability to enter "revision mode," which allows for the locking of pages, the marking of changes, the separation of revision sets. It has made me the hero of more than one production that I was able to do this easily and smoothly.</p> tag:www.theatreface.com,2011-03-17:2529492:Comment:92190 2011-03-17T01:07:44.397Z ERIC ANTHONY SMITH http://www.theatreface.com/profile/ERICANTHONYSMITH

AbiWord 2.8.6-.......free ! Award winning crossplatform word processor. The pulldown menu -you see all your type faces - www.abisource.com/download/...............all FREE!

AbiWord 2.8.6-.......free ! Award winning crossplatform word processor. The pulldown menu -you see all your type faces - www.abisource.com/download/...............all FREE! tag:www.theatreface.com,2011-03-16:2529492:Comment:92250 2011-03-16T20:26:08.999Z Andrew Hungerford http://www.theatreface.com/profile/AndrewHungerford

I use Scrivener and absolutely love it.<br /> <br /> Among other things, it offers a great way to hold research files within the file for the script: the entire project is in one place.<br /> <br /> It also has a great "corkboard" view, with 3x5 cards for each scene laid out in a graphical way. Need to rearrange scenes? Just drag the cards around. Its formatting features may not be as robust as Final Draft (I haven't worked with Final Draft much, so it's hard to say), but the project management features are…

I use Scrivener and absolutely love it.<br /> <br /> Among other things, it offers a great way to hold research files within the file for the script: the entire project is in one place.<br /> <br /> It also has a great "corkboard" view, with 3x5 cards for each scene laid out in a graphical way. Need to rearrange scenes? Just drag the cards around. Its formatting features may not be as robust as Final Draft (I haven't worked with Final Draft much, so it's hard to say), but the project management features are amazing.<br /> <br /> And at $45 it's way cheaper than final draft.