Rather than being boxed in by one monolithic app, he’s taking the best of various apps. Gerry’s workflow is more complicated than many screenwriters would prefer, but I like that he’s using the tools he wants for each part of the process. With Highland, I can then convert that Fountain file to PDF or Final Draft. Using Scrivener’s “Compile…” command, I can then export a group of Scene and Sequence documents as a single plain text Fountain file. If I edit them, those changes appear within Scrivener after the next “Sync > with External Folder…” Meanwhile, iA Writer still sees the individual files. I “borrowed” icons from the Storyist application to customize Scrivener’s Binder.) (I prefer working with a minimized Scrivener UI. I use Scrivener’s “Sync > with External Folder…” command to build a binder for the script, which maintains a link to those original files. IA Writer is perfect for scenes, while Scrivener is great for the bigger script.īecause Fountain files are plain text, Scrivener is happy to handle them. I can then work with them using iA Writer on a Mac, iPad, or iPhone, which is handy. I write scenes in iA Writer using Fountain syntax, saving them as plain text files in a Dropbox folder.

I love the flexibility of having one scene or one sequence per document and organizing them within Scrivener’s Binder - as was described so well by Stu Maschwitz on Prolost.įortunately, Fountain lets me leverage both iA Writer and Scrivener. I just wish it had features similar to Scrivener’s Binder and Compile. IA Writer is my favorite application to write in because of its minimalist UI and Focus Mode. I’d love to see similar support in other popular text editors.A reader named Gerry wrote in to share his screenwriting workflow, which uses Fountain as a bridge between Scrivener, iA Writer, Dropbox and Highland. Thanks to the iA Writer team for making this happen! And because it’s built on IndieWeb standards, it’s not just tied to Micro.blog. When you publish a post, it’s saved on Micro.blog as a draft, and iA Writer opens a preview of the draft on Micro.blog. In a text document, tap the share icon → Publish → New Draft on Micro.blog: If you’re not signed in yet in mobile Safari, you can sign in first and then try again:

You’ll be prompted to approve iA Writer in Micro.blog. To get started in iA Writer on iOS, go back to the first screen in the app and tap the settings icon → Accounts → Add Account → Micropub.

It uses the Micropub API, which is Micro.blog’s native API for posting. iA Writer adds Micro.blog publishing ← Home About Archive Photos Podcasts 30 days Replies Reading Search Also on Micro.blog iA Writer adds Micro.blog publishing May 13, 2020Įxciting news today: the latest version of iA Writer for both iOS and macOS can publish to Micro.blog-hosted blogs.

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