A fabulous screenwriting tool

I am four months in on a screenplay. I decided to use Highland to write it. In the four months, here’s what I’ve found:

1) The editor is simple, clear, and elegant. There are two modes: writing and preview. Writing mode is focused on the text keeps you in your screenplay. The few text embellishments that the developers have chosen to provide are just right, specific to the needs of the presentation of the screenplay: text formatting (bold, italic, underline) and annotation ( sections, synopses, and notes). Text formatting is presented how it will appear in the screenplay. Annotations are colored text, informing the user that they won’t be visible at all.

2) Fountain, the plain text screenplay format that Highland is built on, is readable and completely stays out of the way. Because Fountain is an open standard, any app that interprets Fountain can read your screenplay.

3) The developers provide frequent updates and improvements. Every 3-6 weeks updates roll out, which consist of thoughtful, new features, and bug fixes. The developers are incredibly responsive to both bugs and suggs. It is clear that these folks care a lot about the quality of their tools. I have confidence knowing that my writing tool is well supported.

I can’t recommend this tool highly enough.

matty8r about Highland