Writing Screenplays in Scrivener

[grandstreet9]

Has anyone written an entire screenplay in Scrivener?

The reason I ask is that I’m tempted to do so. I have Final Draft 7 and I just don’t like anything about it. Not the screen, not the limited text capabilities, not the way it chooses to or save or not save my work – it’s all bad as far as I’m concerned.
And I love working in Scrivener although there are limits to the Screenplay program.

I’m curious to hear about other people’s experiences writing screenplays in Scrivener.

If there’s already a link of posts about this topic, maybe someone could post that link – I haven’t been able to find it.

(And also, is Final Draft 8 really that much of an improvement?)

[ptram]

I’ve written a short movie with it, and it was a pleasant experience. But then I exported it to a dedicated screenwriting app (Celtx) for additional work on blocking and planning, because of the additional tools it offered.

Keep in mind, however, it has not been produced, so I could not test the actual results…

Paolo

[howarth]

@grandstreet9

Has anyone written an entire screenplay in Scrivener? (snip)
(And also, is Final Draft 8 really that much of an improvement?)

There’s another thread going on FD 8; see here:

Final Draft 8 Released Today

Here’s the company policy for FD 7; most likely the same for FD 8: “The standard retail Final Draft 7 and AV2.5 licenses allow for two (2) computers, owned and operated by the sole licensed user and no one else, to be activated. This means your home and office computers, your desktop and your laptop, etc. It does not mean your computer and your writing partner’s computer.” finaldraft.com/support/faq-p … eid=181670

(In brief: yes, many have written screenplays, and FD 8 appears to be a big improvement, especially for Mac users. My advice is to draft in Scrivener, then export to FD for final clean up.)