Brent Simmons has straightforward advice on error messages: They should be of the form “Can’t x because of y.” A similar form is this: “Noun can’t x because y.” (As in “‘Downloaded.app’ can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.”) Badly-written dialog boxes make me lose faith in an app very quickly. Here’s […]
Screenwriting Software
Highland as a bona fide screenwriting app
Highland has become my go-to screenwriting app. Which is surprisingly, really, because it was never intended for writing.
Final Draft and WGA registration
On their website, Final Draft claims to be the preferred format for WGA registration. But that doesn’t gibe with the WGA’s own site.
Fountain 1.1 — “Use The Force”
Proposed changes in Fountain 1.1 focus on letting users force Lyric, Character and Action elements.