Celtx: Free Scriptwriting Application Review

[InklingBooks]

43 Folders has recently posted a review of Celtx, a free application for scriptwriting, pre-production and collaboration.

43folders.com/2009/02/01/celtx

Here’s the lead paragraph:

I’ve recently returned to using the Open Source (MPL-based CePL license) Celtx app for all the script-ish stuff I write. But it does a lot more than just collect and format drafts (which, unlike a text file or MS Word, Celtx does in a way that lets you focus solely on writing, rather than fiddly formatting). It’s also an amazingly flexible and robust app for managing all the pre-production materials for screenplays, comics, audio plays, or what have you. And, again: it’s totally free.

The reviewer even pays a compliment to Scrivener:

Celtx reminds me favorably of Scrivener, in that it takes into account that there may be much more to a very large writing project than just typing; that your final draft only serves as the jumping-off point for another, more giant thing that you will need to make out of all your words.

You can go to the project’s source, read about Celtx, and download versions for most operating systems, including OS X, at:

celtx.com/overview.html

Feel free to post your impressions of Celtx here.

–Mike Perry, Seattle

[zikade]

Tried that some time ago. And somehow I didn’t feel comfortable with it. At that time I continued using Final Draft. Just after reading about it again, I got it again and after toying with it for a couple of minutes I discarded it again. It is an amazing piece of software, no doubt about that. If someone is not satisfied with Scriveners scriptwriting features and would like to have something especially welded to meet the producers demands, go for it. It is, after all, free. And before you buy Montage or Final Draft…

I currently don’t have any unfinished scripts, thankfully. And I do know Final Draft; something about Celtx simply doesn’t feel right; maybe its because you can do too much, from the authors point of view. In my experience while writing I don’t care about props and stuff.

Nevertheless, I would like to see all its production features in action, for real. Maybe later this year I can check that out.