Your screenwriting software of choice?

Gone are the days when you only had to choose between The Beatles and The Stones, i.e. between Final Draft or MM Screenwriter.

Thank God for the impact of the web on screenwriting, with a plethora of new options marketed to all screenwriters, rich or poor.

The list keeps growing by the day.

And of course you can still do a swell job by just using a solid text processor such as MS Word or similar.
So what are you using? You can select two options, in case you aren't wedded to any in particular.

Personally, I most often use Celtx and Final Draft, but the latter is my clients' choice, not mine. I much prefer Screenwriter (if I HAD to choose a paid package) or story development titles such as Movie Outline or PowerStructure.

We’ll be running this survey on a regular basis to track any trends.

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Each Wednesday in 2010, TSD challenges you to a mini-survey that is in some way related to screenwriting or filmmaking. To suggest a topic, send Solmaaz Yazdiha a note and include the word “poll” in the subject field. The archive is here.

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    tmike from Marche, Italy says:

   March 17, 2010 at 20:57

   I use Montage from Mariner Software on Os X … simple and good for formatting. The only caveau is that very very rarely it crashes. But, hey!, it’s a good way to rewrite stuff isn’t it? :)

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    CRooney from Gauteng, South Africa says:

   March 17, 2010 at 21:14

   I use Celtx for screenplays and Sophocles for television format. I paid for Sophocles when it was on special many years ago, and despite it disappearing, will continue using it until Celtx adds in a few more TV options.

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    J. Curtis from Tennessee, United States says:

   March 18, 2010 at 00:23

   I use Final Draft for most things. But the prep stages of a big write I really love Scrivener. It’s like having a Trapper-Keeper for all your research.

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    Jack Adams from New South Wales, Australia says:

   March 20, 2010 at 12:17

   I am using Celtx but have tried Scriptware for Windows, Open Source and Zahura. I prefer the security of Celtx on my computer

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    Johan from Antwerpen, Belgium says:

   March 21, 2010 at 22:25

   I’ve used Scrivener and Contour to outline stories, and both work fine, but I switched to Movie Outline recently and I’m happy with that. For the actual writing I use Movie Magic Screenwriter. Never used Final Draft, so I can’t compare, but MM Screenwriter does it all for me.

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    Sébastien Périer from Ile-de-France, France says:

   March 23, 2010 at 18:24

   I use Adobe Story and Final Draft, but more and more Story because of the great sharing features.

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