Pretty good

I have been using Final Draft for ten years or more. I have always found it to be clunky and some times slow and awkward and full of stuff I don’t usually need. But, there was nothing much else and it did what I needed for the most part. One day I discovered Highland and then quickly discovered Slugline after that. Slugline has some of the nice WSIWIG features of Final Draft without the overhead and annoyances. Now, when I am just starting out on something, I like Highland because I can forgo all the nonsense and just write. But, I like Slugline for a few more features when I start rewriting. Since I spent more time rewriting, I find I am using Sluglne most of the time.

For the most part, I find Slugline to work as advertised. It does occasionally baffle me. I have had some odd things occur which I cannot always reproduce. I’ve sent notes to the developer and he has always responded. So, things are being worked on.

I give it an “it’s good.” It’s better than FD and doesn’t have the horrific and draconian registration requirements they have. xtra 1/2 star for that!

lwnh about Slugline