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Script writing software

Sun, 10 Aug 2008, 09:15 pm
McPhil13 posts in thread
Is there a script writing software package suited to Australian theatre script format, that allows the example below. Eg. Bill: I want my name beside me when I talk. Regards Phillip

I might be wrong, but are

Sun, 10 Aug 2008, 09:46 pm
I might be wrong, but are you perhaps confusing standard theatre formatting with some sort of "Australian" formatting? From what I've seen, most theatre scripts, regardless of origin, look like this:

BILL: I want my name beside me when I talk.

...whereas most TV/film scripts look like this:

BILL
 
I want my name beside me when I talk.
 
The difference between those two examples is not country of origin, it's medium. It might just be a case of finding American scriptwriting software that caters to the theatre format. Or, as Na suggested, just use Word! It shouldn't make much of a difference once you know all the keyboard shortcuts - and could save you a lot of moolah :)



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Louisa Fitzhardinge
University Dramatic Society
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