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Why Highland 2 doesn’t automatically add CONT’D

September 4, 2018 Formatting, Fountain, Highland

In screenplays, when a character continues speaking after a line or two of action, the convention is to write (CONT’D) after their second character cue. But software shouldn’t do that automatically.

Separating scenes in Highland

November 27, 2016 Apps, Fountain, Highland

A beta tester asked for the ability to split scenes into individual pages. That’s remarkably easy to do in Highland.

Weekend Read can read scripts aloud

January 28, 2016 Apps, Fountain, Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading screenplays on the iPhone and iPad, can also read them aloud. Here’s how to do it.

Formatting a montage in Highland using Forced Action

October 24, 2015 Apps, Formatting, Fountain, Highland, Screenwriting Software

Highland’s forced action syntax is a useful way to format unusual patterns in your screenplay.

Switching from Final Draft to Highland

October 8, 2015 Apps, Fountain, Highland, Screenwriting Software

The Other Sam Cooke writes about switching from Final Draft to Highland.

Screenplays on the Kindle, 2015 edition

January 16, 2015 Follow Up, Formatting, Fountain, Geek Alert, Highland, How-To, Weekend Read

A screenwriter friend just emailed me to ask how she could get one of her scripts to look good on the Kindle. You can’t. It’s the wrong tool for the job.

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