WriterDuet is a

screenwriting software Screenwriting software are word processors specialized to the task of writing screenplays. Overview Features While add-ins and macros for word processors, such as Script Wizard for Microsoft Word, can be used to write screenplays, the need f ...

for writing and editing

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s and other forms of

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History

WriterDuet was founded in 2013 by Guy Goldstein. In April 2015, WriterDuet acquired the domain for

Scripped Scripped was an online screenplay services company offering three services: script writing, script registration, and script coverage. Scripped did not facilitate collaboration among screenwriters. It combined with Zhura in 2010. According to Techc ...

.com after they closed, citing a serious technical failure. In August 2016, WriterDuet released a localized version of its software in China. In May 2018, WriterDuet included

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analysis functions to address issues of gender diversity in the screenwriting industry. In 2018, WriterDuet published WriterSolo, an offline version of their app that runs on the browser and opens/saves files on the computer, Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud. In July 2019, WriterDuet made the WriterSolo browser app and desktop app available as pay-what-you-want under the web addres
FreeScreenwriting.com

Features

WriterDuet is primarily used to outline, write, and format screenplays to the standards recommended by the

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. It also supports formats for

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, and

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. The software is powered by

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allowing users to write together in real-time from multiple devices. WriterDuet's main competitors in the screenwriting industry are Final Draft,

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, and

Movie Magic Screenwriter Movie Magic Screenwriter is a word processing program sold by Write Brothers to format screenplays, teleplays and novels. History Stephen Greenfield and Chris Huntley created Scriptor, one of the earliest screenplay writing programs, that w ...

References

External links

* {{Official website, writerduet.com Screenwriting software Web applications Word processors