Slugline

“Slugline is outrageously, life-changingly excellent.” – Neil Cross, Emmy nominated writer of Mama and Luther Slugline is a minimal, distraction-free environment for the most important part of screenwriting—the writing part. Slugline works with plain text. It automatically turns your writing into a properly formatted screenplay, without you ever needing to press the Tab key or touch the mouse. No buttons. No settings. Just writing. FEATURES ⋮ Simple, elegant interface ⋮ The first distraction-free screenwriting environment ⋮ Automatic formatting to Hollywood screenplay standards ⋮ Printed on paper or PDF, your screenplay is indistinguishable from one made with apps costing much more ⋮ Helpful structure templates, including the famous beat sheet from Save the Cat!® ⋮ Integrated outlining ⋮ Bold, Italic, and Underlined text ⋮ Notes, Scene Synopses, and Omitted text help keep you organized ⋮ Preview—What you see is what you get ⋮ Full-screen mode ⋮ Fully optimized for Retina displays ⋮ Includes Courier Prime, a beautiful typeface designed for screenplays ⋮ Slugline's plain text files are compatible with any writing app, on any platform • THE WRITING EXPERIENCE Slugline is built for the hard part of screenwriting: the writing part. Slugline gives you the tools you need to craft your story, without your hands ever leaving the keys. • THE POWER OF PLAIN Slugline uses the free and open Fountain screenplay format, which is nothing more than plain text.​ You can work on your screenplay anywhere, using any writing app, including hundreds of mobile apps. When you open it in Slugline again, everything will be there, properly formatted.​ • INTEGRATED OUTLINING​ Start with an outline, then seamlessly transition to writing scenes. Or jot down a placeholder for your third-act twist while you’re still crafting your opening pages. Slugline allows you to be as structured as you like, even if that means not at all.​ • BY FILMMAKERS, FOR FILMMAKERS Slugline is the creation of filmmaker Stu Maschwitz and software designer Clinton Torres. Fountain is a collaboration between screenwriter John August and Stu Maschwitz.​ Together, we believe that screenwriting should be simple, smart, and open. • WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU Slugline keeps getting better, and that's thanks to you! Slug us a line at http://slugline.co/contact with any questions or feedback you have, and follow us on Twitter at @SluglineApp.