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KIT Scenarist
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Works offline
Kit scenarist does not require a constant Internet connection in order to use it.
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Provides tools for the whole writing process
It includes research tools, a cards tool and enables documentation on everything used in the story.
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Free
Kit scenarist can be downloaded and used absolutely free of charge.
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Contains statistics tools
The statistics tools can permit you to keep track of how long each character talks along the script, check your action to dialogue times, complete character analysis, and tons more. It also has some real life statistics, like how many scenes you cast will have to speak in, or how long the film in a certain location will be.
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Character and set management
The character and set management tools in Kit scenarist extend the flexibility of the software by allowing writers to add descriptions to each character or location, along with some pictures, URLS, or "mind maps". These tools can be especially useful for small crews who need an easy and integrated way to keep track of everything they have.
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Cross-platform
Supports Windows, Mac, Linux, and even has Android and iOS apps (although the last two are not free). This makes sharing easier in studios and diverse work situations.
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Multilingual
Kit scenarist contains support for multiple languages and spell check. This includes some standard languages such as: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and others.
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Supports .FDX
KIT scenarist supports the industry standard .FDX format. It can both import and export your files as such.
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Script formatting
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Paid online collaboration service
Kit scenarist provides for online collaboration service, under a subscription fee.
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Platform:
Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS
Export:
.pdf; .fdx; .docx; .fountain;
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.fdx; .docx; .fountain; .trelby; .celtx;
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Yes
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Arc Studio Pro
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Fantastic feedback features
That allows readers to directly embed comments within your script project without needing them to download any files or software.
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Outline tools are locked behind Pro version
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Built in beat outlines
Can outline plot, characters, and location on a build-in beat sheet.
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Free version of the service is browser only
And has a limited number of scripts allowed.
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Full version is currently offered for free
During COVID-19.
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Simple, organized user interface
Makes writing hassle-free.
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Platforms:
Web, Windows, Mac
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Trelby
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Free, open source and cross-platform
Trelby is available absolutely free for Windows and Linux with source code available on GitHub.
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English only
Trelby supports the ISO-8859-1 character set, any characters that are outside of that set are not supported.
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Final Draft compatible
Can import and export .fdx files.
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No longer maintained
Right now in 2018, most recent updates are from three or more years ago. This creates problems installing the .deb releases on certain linux distros, and means it probably wont be getting long term support anymore.
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Can highlight differences between different versions of a script
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Can't use bold, italic, underline
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Has a character name database
A character name database with 200k+ names from various countries is built into Trelby.
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No online collaboration capabilities
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Lacks revision tracking
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No OSX version
Trelby is only available on Windows and Linux.
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Platform:
Windows Linux
Export:
.pdf; .html; .rtf; .fdx; .fountain screenplay formatted text
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.fdx; .celtx; .fountain; .astx; .fadein; screenplay formatted text
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Customizable
You can customize your styles, background and font as you wish.
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It looks abandoned
Despite being a great software as it is, theres no update for more than a year : either to fix minor bugs, or implement new functions.
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Flexible
It gives you the freedom to use visual thinking without the hierarchical rigidity of a mind map.
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typora
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Live preview
Typora immediately renders what's typed on the screen in Markdown format. This helps users to have a better understanding of how their document is being formatted.
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No mobile (Android/iOS) apps
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Hybrid interface
The editor and preview dual-pane setup typical of desktop Markdown editors are gone; instead, a singular interface makes for a WYSIWYG experience. This streamlines the workflow and encourages direct manipulation.
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In beta
Typora is still in beta and may be prone to changes or bugs.
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Support for LaTeX expressions
It supports LaTeX expressions, with an easy-to-use MaxJax panel.
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Unusable image management
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Syntax highlight for fenced codes
It supports GFM's code fences, with syntax highlight support for C/C++, java, etc.
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The immediate rendering of Markdown is hard on the eyes
Having Markdown immediately render causes text to jump into formatted text, which is distracting and hard on the eyes.
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Custom theme support
Typora has clean yet beautiful built-in themes and allows for users to create new themes using CSS.
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No portable version (Windows)
You need admin rights on a managed Windows computer to install it. There currently is no portable version available.
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Support for tables
It supports tables for Markdown Extra. And also provides a GUI to make it easy to insert and edit them.
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Inline images
It won't display image like ![alt](http://image-url), But shows the image content inside the editor.
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Free during beta
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Shows table of contents for the document
It supports an outline for the document, by showing a table of contents on the left side of the screen.
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Cross-platform
Currently works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
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Natural typing experience
Editing in Markdown, either in WYSIWYG mode or in markdown code mode, feels natural. It never gets in the way.
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Make charts and diagrams with Mermaid, FlowChart and Sequence
Use fenced code-blocks to render diagrams using syntax from Mermaid and FlowChart.js.
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Sidebar with a list of files
You can open any folder in sidebar and see a list of other markdown files.
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Syncs with iCloud
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Platforms:
Mac OSX; Windows; Linux
License:
Proprietary
Price:
$14.99
Export:
HTML; HTML (pure); PDF; Word; OpenOffice; RTF; Epub; LaTeX; Media Wiki; ReStructuredText; Textile; OPML
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Script Studio
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Structuring tools
Has a feature called PowerView that helps you color-code your structure and create structure templates. Includes Hero's Journey etc.
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Reference plugins
Includes breakdowns of popular Hollywood movies to refer to.
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Good design
Easy to use.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac
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iA Writer
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No Linux support
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Noise Free Writing Experience removes even the program bar
The Noise Free Writing Experience is one of the first approaches to create a first class distraction-free environment. The feature hides the Mac program bar when you start writing.
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A mode that brings focus to the sentence you're working on
Enabling Focus Mode will dim the whole text except the sentence you are currently writing on.
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Can tell how long it would take to read through what you've written
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Markdown support
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Syncs using iCloud and Dropbox
iA Writer can sync documents using iCloud or Dropbox from within the editor for use across multiple devices.
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Create whole document by including separate images/markdown docs
This is new and very awesome feature in iA Writer 4.0.
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Can export a Word document
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Available for all Apple devices
iA Writer is available for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
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Platforms:
MacOS, iOS, Android, Windows
License:
Proprietary
Price:
$59,99
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HTML, PDF
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Ulysses III
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Subscription-based
Ulysses now operates on a subscription-based model. $4.99/month or $39.99/year. It is not currently possible to pay once and keep it.
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Highly customizable
A few themes are baked in and a big selection of user-contributed styles to choose from are available on the Ulysses Style Exchange.
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Overwrites imported markdown files
When previously written markdown files are imported, they're converted to Ulysses' version of Markdown and original files are overwritten.
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Does not distract the user
Ulysses has a clean, unobtrusive, easy to overview interface that allows focusing on writing. By default it's split up in 3 panes with sidebar, sheet pane and content pane from left to right. Unnecessary panes can be hidden.
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Proprietary file format
Text is saved in a database in proprietary format. Meaning, your notes can't be accessed other than through the app, and cannot be moved other than by exporting them.
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No Markdown syntax knowledge required
Markdown formatting can be applied from the right-click menu, with keyboard shortcuts or from an optional markup bar. Necessary elemants to links, images, and footnotes are added by filling in a popover.
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Expensive
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Can paste rich text and import from Word
Pasted rich text and imported Word documents keep their formatting when converted to Markdown.
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Cannot render code blocks
You can go around this limitation, but it is complex and not so pretty looking as it is in other Markdown Editors.
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Attachments can be added
Attachments such as images, text notes, keywords and writing goals can be added to content. And to organize them keywords can be added.
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Lacks a LaTeX-exporter
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Great tools for organizing and finding files
Ulysses saves everything in the app so there's no file management outside of the editor involved. It organizes content in groups (folders) and sheets (files), has a powerful, easy to use search and allows adding keywords to attachments to help them be organized and found quickly. Groups can have an unlimited amount of subgroups and the title of subgroup shows up in the pane view. Sheets can be split up, merged, glued together and easily moved around in the sheet pane by dragging and dropping. Great for splitting up larger documents into manageable chunks while still keeping an overview of the whole project and having the ability to move sections around quickly. Contents of a group can be filtered by text, keywords or change date within headings, code blocks, images or any other marked up text. Filters can contain a combination of conditions and be saved to make a new group. Saved filters can be moved around to different groups and will return filtered results for that group. Selecting multiple groups will show the combined sheets of those groups.
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iOS and Mac versions have to be bought separately
The iOS version costs $24.99 and the macOS version costs $44.99. They have to be bought separately in order to be used on those devices.
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Keyboard navigation
You can operate Ulysses via keyboard only. No need for mouse.
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Automatic switching of sheets can be confusing
Scrolling down when at the bottom of a sheet will switch to next sheet. When unexpected, this behavior can be confusing to some.
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Multiple preview and export options
The editor can export to Plain Text, RTF, Word, HTML, ePub and PDF with customizable styles for each option. It can also preview HTML directly in the browser.
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No proper right-to-left support in PDF
Ulysses lacks right-to-left support that was available in the previous incarnation of this software.
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Inline formatting
There's no live-preview pane or an external previewer necessary. Ulysses displays styling inline.
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Proprietary Markdown extensions but no MultiMarkdown
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Includes features for not losing place
Ulysses has options for highlighting current line, showing line numbers and enabling typewriter mode. Typewriter mode defines a place on the screen where the cursor should be so eyes are kept focusing in one place on the screen.
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Not cross platform
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Syncs via iCloud
Content can be synchronised across devices via Apple's iCloud.
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Cursor rendering issues
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Comprehensive documentation
Ulysses comes with an excellently written documentation that covers everything there is to know about the software, including an extensive list of keyboard shortcuts as well as short and sweet introduction to Markdown and its benefits.
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Allows the user to work anywhere and on any Apple device of their choice
Ulysses is available for both macOS and iOS. This, combined with the cloud syncing allows users to work on their projects using any Apple device they have at the time.
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Displays statistics including how long it takes to read the document
The editor tracks statistics that shows how many characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and pages a document contains and estimated reading time for slow, average, and fast readers. The statistics display in a popover that can be torn-off so it's constantly visible.
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Helps get stuff done
Goals such as how many characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, lines or pages should be written can be set to help get motivated.
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Powerful organization features
Groups, tagging, and notes for each document.
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Helpful support
Staff is helpful in answering questions on how to use the app.
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A demo version is available
A time (10hrs) and usage limited demo for Ulysses III is available.
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Platforms:
MacOS, iOS
License:
Proprietary
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Plain text, Rich text, Markdown, HTML, ePub, PDF
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Live Preview
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Only for macOS
This program doesn't work with other platforms besides MacOS, so Windows and Linux users will have to look for something else.
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Customizable real-time preview
Marked can show formatted text in real time. It can be customized with built-in styles, using your own CSS templates or as a multi-column view. You can easily switch between different style with keyboard shortcuts.
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MultiMarkdown & CriticMarkup support
Marked supports advanced functionality of MultiMarkdown as well as CriticMarkup.
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Multiple export options
Marked allows exporting to HTML, RTF, PDF.
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