A Deeply Beautiful Thing...

I began writing screenplays with a converted typesetting program back in the 1980s. I have used Scriptor and WSA and ScriptThing and ScriptWare and MMSW2000, Final Draft, and, and and… If it’s out there, I’ve at least played with it.

Wrietrs should use whatever tool they are most comfortable with. Final Draft and MMSW2000 both work swell, but they also add layers of complexity to the writing process. When I just want to get words down on “paper” nothing beats SLUGLINE. It’s hard to explain why the simplicity works so well. Maybe it’s a Zen koan kind of a thing. I don’t know. I do know that I feel comfortable writing in this environment, and when a draft is completed, I can easily (trivially) convert it to PDF or Final Draft or various other file formats. What SLUGLINE does is get out of my way. There is no gainsaying the charm of that kind of powerful simplicity.

If what you want to do is write screenplays or teleplays, I don’t think you can go wrong with SLUGLINE.

One man’s .02

Adam Rodman

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