Comments on: The Writerly Survival Tool Kit

By: Dugi's Guide

Dugi's Guide — Fri, 13 May 2011 18:59:59 +0000

New reader right here. I know this can be a fairly old post, but it’s what introduced me to your internet site (identified the link on a buddy’s facebook), so it really is only appropriate that I leave my first comment right here.

By: Lisa Takeuchi Cullen

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:53:56 +0000

Julie, once again you’ve done all my work for me…I’m just cutting and pasting your entire list into my bookmarks. Thanks!

By: Martin_B

Martin_B — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:09:45 +0000

I read ScriptShadow every day. They review lots of spec scripts that have recently sold, and you can get many opinions of the script from the commenters.
http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/

By: Tuesday Links… 6/29 | Wish I Could Speak Whale

Tuesday Links… 6/29 | Wish I Could Speak Whale — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:14:55 +0000

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By: Kaley

Kaley — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:35:49 +0000

Do people really find Dramatica Pro useful? I’m on a really tight budget, but I could splurge.

I’m finding it tough to bring all the elements of my story together. I know the character arcs and the major plot points (and the emotional experience I want the audience to have), but I’m having trouble bringing it all together into a coherent story.

What have people found Dramatica Pro useful for? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

By: Désirée

Désirée — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:39:47 +0000

Can anyone give me a tip of good a visual dictionary?

A visual dictionary has images of different things and labels of all the parts – like “pot”, “lid”, “handle”.

I’m willing to pay for dictionary if it is a good one.

By: Désirée

Désirée — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:37:28 +0000

I agree with Ariel, Celtx is better than Final Draft in many aspects and I’ve been working with Final Draft for many years. The spellcheck is worse in Celtx and the pagenumbers flipps out sometimes, but otherwise it is simply great.

One of the best things is that I can collect all files into one projects. I have mindmaps and feedback and I can put them into the same file, always bring them along with the script.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:32:35 +0000

There’s also MyPDFScripts out there, which I like for its great indexing and for the fact that the scripts are (duh) in PDFs:
http://www.mypdfscripts.com/

(They also tweet new scripts.)

By: JulieGray

JulieGray — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:46:15 +0000

@Ariel – good addition, thank you!
@Marilee – PDF is fine

By: Marilee

Marilee — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:20:19 +0000

Hi Julie,
What about a PDF of the script? Is that as bad? I haven’t tried the software before, I guess I should.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:02:37 +0000

May I recommend Celtx? Is free and good for most script writing needs (and more).
Check it at http://celtx.com/
Of course, presentation should be on pdf if you use it.

By: JulieGray

JulieGray — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:31:13 +0000

@Marian – cool, thanks for the tip!

@Marilee – yes, there is a strong perception of amateurishness when scripts are received as a Word doc. Right or wrong.

By: Marilee

Marilee — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:17:05 +0000

So a Word doc is amateur? Wow…I thought if the format was okay, it was okay.

By: Marian

Marian — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:41:11 +0000

I really like http://scriptcollector.blogspot.com/ for scripts, partly because @scriptcollector sends out tweets that tell me about scripts I wouldn’t have thought of otherwise–