Intro to screenwriting
You can write your screenplay in FilmKit, or import one you've already written, and keep revising it with your collaborators. The scenes, characters, and places in the script feed every other part of the project, so the plan stays honest to the writing.
Screenplays
A project can hold several screenplays, such as a feature draft and a short version for a pitch. You find them all in the Screenplays list, where you create a screenplay, import a Fountain or Final Draft file, rename, or delete one. See Create or import a screenplay.
The editor
The editor lays out the script on US Letter pages in standard screenplay format. You type, and FilmKit formats each element — scene heading, action, character, dialogue, parenthetical, transition — as you go. The Return and Tab keys move you from one element to the next. See Write and format a screenplay.
Above the page are the File, Insert, Format, and View menus, the writing controls, the outlines where you lay out the story's beats, and a page strip that shows where you are in the script. The side panel lists the scenes, beats, characters, and places, and shows statistics, comments, and suggestions. See Change editor modes and view options.
Working together
Everyone who opens a screenplay sees the same live script. Changes appear for everyone as they're made, along with each person's cursor, and the editor keeps working offline and syncs when you reconnect. To propose changes instead of making them, switch to Suggest mode; the writer accepts or rejects each suggestion. See Review suggestions and comments.
Scenes, characters, and places
FilmKit reads the scene headings and character cues as you write. Each scene heading becomes a scene that shots, storyboards, and the schedule refer to. Character names and places you link in the text join the project's catalog. The breakdown gathers, scene by scene, everything you've tagged. See View the breakdown.
Revisions and versions
When the production starts, you can lock scene numbers and pages, then issue colored revisions (blue pages, pink pages, and so on) that go out to the crew. Along the way, FilmKit saves backups you can preview, compare, and restore. See Manage revisions and locks and Back up and compare versions.