I have been using Word 2007 for a while now, and that’s what I want to concentrate on here. The BBC’s Script Smart, which was originally created for Word 97, and then they updated it for Word 2000 and Word for the Mac and called it Script Smart Gold.
If you have Word 2007 you can use the Word 2007 Screenplay with styles and hotkeys provided by Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen. If you have Word 2000 or XP (or even Word 97) you can use the Microsoft screenplay template. Microsoft provides two downloadable screenplay templates.Screenplay templates that I know about for Word include: But me, I’m a Word gal, and I write everything in Word, even scripts. If I wanted to write scripts for a living I’d go for Final Draft. If I was starting from scratch and just writing for Script Frenzy, I’d probably go for Celtx. Final Draft is a commercial product and costs around US$250. Celtx looks pretty good and from what I can see on the forum it’s free, or reasonably priced at least.
For most people on Windows it comes down to Celtx or Final Draft. I was reading the Script Frenzy forums last night-anything but write more on my novel, and yes, I am procrastinating-in particular the What software do you use thread. I have never participated in Script Frenzy (yet), but one day I would like to. Those WriMos amongst us will know that they also do a companion challenge called Script Frenzy, which runs through April. I like the way it kick-starts my writing habits and makes me get down there and just write. This is slightly outside my normal posts about writing novels, but I am a big supporter of NaNoWriMo, even though some years I am too busy to actually participate. Unfortunately, the BBC doesn’t offer the Script Smart Gold template any more. I don’t know what it’s like, but you can get to it in Word and searching for “screenplay” in the online templates field to find it.
Microsoft still offers a screenplay temple. This is an old post, and the links I blogged about here don’t exist any more, so I’m not going to fix them. A note, four years on, because many people still visit this page.
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