The IDE for writers
Version control and reviewable AI for screenwriting and structured documents.
Documents as structured data — not dead pages.
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The screenwriter’s IDE.
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Structured documents on the same platform.
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Your outline, screenplay, and writing companion in one workspace.
Documents as structured data unlock version control and AI that feel like craft — not ceremony.
Immutable snapshots of your work. |
Parallel versions you can explore freely. |
A rewritten line of dialogue as one change. |
Proposed diffs you accept or reject. |
A writer’s tool, not a script generator. You will never type a logline and get a screenplay.
Check a file, compare revisions, or plan a scene before you open your next draft. No account needed.
Check and convert a file: Inspect a Final Draft file · FDX to PDF and PDF to Fountain · Check Fountain formatting · Markdown to Word
Read a draft: Compare screenplay drafts · Screenplay analyzer · Pacing map · Dialogue balance · Page count and running time · Outline extractor
Plan the story: Beat sheet calculator · Character profile builder · Period character names · Fantasy names · Movie title ideas · Writing goal planner
Get ready to shoot or submit: Build a script breakdown · Table read planner · Rehearsal sides · Title page builder · WGA minimums · Find an agent or manager
Screenwriting & product blog · Screenplay & TV templates · Screenwriting glossary · Product help
AI passes: Dialogue pass · Continuity check · Script coverage · Pacing analysis · Subtext check · All AI skills
| What you’re working on | Start here |
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| Planning, revising, or handing off a draft | Writing Handbook — reusable templates, practical workflows, and original worked examples |
| Building screenplay import and export tools | Screenplay interoperability fixtures — original Fountain and FDX files with portability expectations |
| Checking Final Draft files in a terminal or CI | FDX Inspect — a command-line report on scenes, revisions, and locked pages, as text or JSON |
| Testing a parser or studying screenplay dialogue | Inkwell on Hugging Face — datasets and in-browser demos for Fountain, FDX, and dialogue |
| Writing your first screenplay | How to write a screenplay · Screenplay formatting guide · Beat sheet template |
| Writing for television | How to become a TV writer · TV pilot template · Series bible template |
| Switching screenwriting apps | From Final Draft · From WriterDuet · From Celtx · From Fade In |
| Keeping every version of a draft | Version control for screenwriters · FDX handoff and production pages |
| Moving a screenplay between tools | Fountain and Final Draft: what survives the move · Import a Final Draft screenplay |
| Understanding screenplay structure | Screenplay Anatomy Atlas · Scene Order Lab |
| Reviewing an AI editing pass | AI screenplay edits a word diff will miss |
| Keeping a long draft consistent | A screenplay continuity ledger you can maintain |
Published guides, tools, and articles in English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Korean.
| Language | Guides & resources | Free tools | Articles |
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| English | Resources | Tools | Blog |
| Deutsch | Resources | Tools | Blog |
| Español | Resources | Tools | Blog |
| Français | Resources | Tools | Blog |
| 日本語 | Resources | Tools | Blog |
| 한국어 | Resources | Tools | Blog |
Screenplay test fixtures, a command-line FDX inspector, and a writing handbook, free to use under the MIT license.
The Inkwell app itself is not open source.
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