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I am glad you found it helpful. The main difference between Scrite and these other programs is sort of the underlying principle it is based on. If you like Scrite these might feel a little bit foreign because of this difference in Scrite approach to writing screenplays. I think it is a good approach it is just difference then most of the software on the market.

@@ScreenwritingScribe I am brand new to screenwriting so it is all a brand new slate to me. I suppose there are some advantages to being inexperienced.

@@bluebanditjim8780 Absolutely, you don't get blinded by some of the stuff and history like I do some times. There is something to be said for looking at stuff with new and fresh eyes.

Justin and the team over at Socreate are great. They are really good about engagement and listening to folks. My only plug will be is if you go through Socreate and get one of their pro accounts use my code for a discount. That will be my only plug and do with that as you would.

Awesome I am glad it helped move you forward. If you have any other questions let me know!

@@ScreenwritingScribe I subscribed. Not issues with learning FD but computers in general. How do I ask through comments?

@@dchy1957 You can always email me at coachingforthescreen@gmail.com if you want to send me computer questions...I can't guarantee I will know but i can see what I can do to help out.

@@ScreenwritingScribe Sounds good! I'll get on right now. You will be the first action I ever took since 2006.

@@dchy1957 Cool! Hopefully I will be able to help.

@@Gnade Thanks for the heads up. I will have to get back into Scrite and see how it is looking.

Are u using a Mac or a pc? Are u updating from a previous final draft or is this a new download of fd 13?

@ScreenwritingScribe I am using PC windows I checked even from my previous final draft... This very 13 I can't type or do anything on it

@@aquilasaviourmoses5320 Try this and let me know if this works. The program is in Reader Mode and needs to be activated. Go to Help > Activate and enter your Final Draft Customer Number (note that it cannot be a Trial number, which starts with KFDT / EFDT / XFDT). Click Activate and once the activation is complete, all program functions will be enabled.

When you first pull up Fade In where it asks you want file to open there should be a list of templates that you can select on. One of them is stage play. If you don't see that you can go to File>New from Template> select stage play.

There are not really a lot, which is why most people were disappointed with it.

In pdf ?

@@clarinettel574 Got to File, and then go down to Create PDF it is before you get to the import and export section of the file menu.

@@ScreenwritingScribe Oh now I got it; thank you

@@clarinettel574 No problem, happy to help!

@@israelmarrero2191 Thank U for the encouragement! Thank u for supporting me and the channel!

Right click on the toolbar and that will show you all the things you can add to the toolbar. Unfortunately, the only thing having to do with colors that I think you can add is highlighter. Give it a look see to make sure I didn't miss it. Otherwise you have to use the menus.

@@ScreenwritingScribe will try

@@StreetLifeIndia Let me know if it works out.

@@ScreenwritingScribe Shifting to ribbon view puts highlighting and changing the text colour - up there - visible and accessible.

@@StreetLifeIndia Awesome! Good, I am glad you found a solution.

@@moviesenthil it is amazing how inexpensive and how well fade in works! It is one of the main ones I use everyday. Thank u so much for sharing your insights and why Fade In is such a good product.

@@ScreenwritingScribe Yes Sir, one of the few genuine oases in a screenwriter's long journey through a desert of possibilities!

@@moviesenthil Well put!

@@ScreenwritingScribe Thanks!

@@kape9004 have u tried Australian English yet? Or UK English? The guide I looked at said not to use US English. I am glad u have found some of my other videos helpful. Let me know if this fixes the problem.

@@ScreenwritingScribe Thanks for getting back to me so soon. I have already tried the Uk, US. and Canadian, but there is no Australian option on my. I will search some more. Thanks again. Take care.

@ I will keep digging and trying some stuff. One thing is that it says sometimes it takes several hours to work which I think is odd but just throwing it out there

@@ScreenwritingScribe Thanks Paul. you're being very helpful. 👍

@@ScreenwritingScribe Hi Paul. I found this but it didn't change anything for me. I'll 'turn it off and on again' as they say. See if anything happens. To change the language in Google Docs to Australian English, you can: Click the File tab in the top menu Click Language Select Australian English from the list of languages You can also change the language settings in Google Docs by: Clicking the Settings (cog) button Clicking Change language settings Clicking the Pencil button next to the default language Searching for English Clicking English to display all the variants Clicking Australia Clicking Select Y

Thank you so much! I like Story Architect, I think it is a good follow up software to Kit Scenarist. Of all the software I use though, I tend to use other stuff that I have used for longer. This year I am going to do a better job of just focusing on one software at a time so I can be more proficient with all of them.

There is not a way currently in Final Draft 13 to do this that I can find. You can switch to index card view and print out the index card of that scene. However there is a more convoluted way that might work. To copy a scene summary into the scene in the script Select the scene from which the summary is to be copied. More than one scene may be copied; Right-click or Control + click on one of the cards and from the context menu choose Document > Send to Script; Go to Insert > Send to Script; On the keyboard press Command + Shift + C. The summary text for each selected scene becomes an action element after that scene’s scene heading. If there is already content in the scene, the summary information will be added as an action element at the end of the scene. You can delete the other stuff off this page, which is not the scene and summary, of your script and then print out that page of your script. Let me know if that works. Again it is convoluted. Personally I wonder if printing off the index card view would be more what you are looking for.

@@ScreenwritingScribe thank you so much 👍

@deadskin_ no problem, happy to help. I hope it helped a little.

@@ScreenwritingScribe yes totally, before i used to use celtx but then due to no updates had to shift to final draft.

@@deadskin_ Glad it worked! Let me know if you have any more questions.

@@mr_red13 A couple of things to consider. Do you like writing on your phone or do you prefer using your Mac? Do you want a research feature where u can leave notes, pictures, and other information that Scrivener possesses? How well do u know both of these apps? Scrivener does have a little bit of a learning curve. Ask yourself those questions and see what makes the most sense to you, and then let me know what u picked. The biggest thing u want is a program that doesn't get in the way of your writing but helps to get it from your brain and onto the page. I hope that helps!

@@rahmanj100 Do u mean what makes for good formatting or a good story?

I apologize for that, I will send out an updated video soon.

Here is the guide to all the short cuts for the script section. help.arcstudiopro.com/guides/quick-formatting-shortcuts-keystrokes-guide

@@DanielL.Phillips Merry Christmas! Believe it or not I have several format books near bye. It is always good to keep going over stuff.

@@JOBT0 Glad u enjoyed it. If u have specific questions let me know

Have you tried their first project Kit Scenarist which is totally free?

@@ScreenwritingScribe nope but i found theres a way to replace a character name.

@@karlhans6678 Awesome, I am glad that wasn't behind a pay wall.

You are right I wonder if the screenwriting part of Scrivener was put on as an after thought. If you like writer duet I think you will really like to use Fade In. Let me know if you have any questions using Fade In. I do have a nice guide for it if you want to see it on TH-cam. Scrite does take a little while to learn, since it uses a different philosophy on how to write a screen play.

@@ScreenwritingScribe Very cool. Just started going through the playlist. I'll be sure to note down any questions that come up.

@R.W.D.-vs8xl Sounds good. Happy writing!

Thank you, I really appreciate the feedback. It means a lot. If you have any particular questions, please let me know. Have a great weekend!

Not that I am aware of but I will keep digging and see if I can uncover anything.

I talked to the designer and they said there is no scaling other than Hidpi scaling which wouldn't really accomplish what you want. Now in their new product they do have that feature which is Story Architect

@@ScreenwritingScribe Wow, you're the best! Thanks so much for doing that for me! Have a great weekend :)

@@MrArtist1971 No problem always happy to help! Thank you and have a great weekend as well!

@@jameskaruga6730 You can though they don't have a play template. It is more designed for novels and film scripts. I will double check that when I have a chance to fire up the program later today.

I doubled check while I loaded up the program and they don't have a template for plays.

@ScreenwritingScribe yeah they don't but kit scenarist a Russian developed software have the play option

Do you want it as docx file? Or are you wanting to paste it in a word doc file?

Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it!

Good question. Format is how the different parts of the screenplay fall on the page. The dialogue has to be placed a certain way on the page which is different than how the actions lines are. The reason we format is it tells us very easily when we look at a page whether what we are reading is a character name, what they are saying, or what they are doing. I hope that makes sense. If it doesn't let me know.

@ thank you so much for clearing that up!

Glad you enjoyed it!

What type of computer do you have PC or Mac?

@@ScreenwritingScribe Pc

@@krishnansrinivasan830 Glad u found it helpful. Let me know if u have any questions.

@@krishnansrinivasan830 Glad u enjoyed it!

I am glad you liked it! Let me know if you have any questions and happy writing!

Let me take a look into this and get back to you.

Do you mean on the corkboard section or the script section in terms of accessing the cards?

@@theatrefilmgailee Lol! Same!

@@KadeStringer2.0 I am glad u haven’t had any difficulties. Maybe I will retry them and see if it is any better.

It has to be saved as plain text. Which is found in the save as other menu of your ms word. The caveat is that it will import it as a script. What you could do is copy and paste the outline and then create a beat for the beat board and paste it into the beat. Other than that, I could find anything in their documentation on how to go from a beat sheet to an outline. I hope that helps.

@@ScreenwritingScribe thank you for fast response. I have the beat sheet in word and want to bring it into Final Draft and the outcome should be the Outline.....I hope that makes sense. Still trying to figure out Final Draft 13.

@@brendatijanic4800 I looked through the documentation for FD 13 and I couldn't find out how to import to anything other than to the script screen. What you could try to do is to import the beat sheet as a plain text and see how it goes.

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I love using it and it has really helped me better construct my stories. I am glad you are finding it helpful!

No worries! Happy to help. Let me know if you have anymore questions!

update: fdx-import into Scrite not working. Uninstall.

update: Story Architect looks cleaner than Final Draft but if beats are only something like sub-scenes, what is the point? The AI integration is a nice idea but should be an add-on once everything else is super.

I would tell you to take a look at Socreate or Fade In.

@@kookma4716 I will have to look into that. They had it working before...I wonder if they haven't updated Scrite to the new version of fdx.

@@kookma4716 I agree with you. I think they are trying to be the leader in the A.I. space but like you said they have a lot more basic stuff that they need to focus on.

@@angelabaker2024 Sorry about that I will try to slow down more. The names of the software and their web addresses are in the description of the video. The only I didn’t put in was fade in. The reason I didn’t put fade in into the description because the table read feature is available in a lot of different screenwriting software. You are right about the names except it is storywork not storyworks. I hope you found the video helpful.

Glad you liked it! Let me know if you have any questions!

@@gavriiltolkachev8880 I am glad u for be it helpful!