# Inkwell

> Last updated: 2026-08-22

> The IDE for writers — AI-native screenwriting and document tooling built on version control, structured data, and agentic AI skills.

Inkwell treats a document as structured data rather than a page of text. That foundation is what makes version control (named, immutable save points and branching draft lines), semantic scene- and dialogue-level change tracking, and AI skills that propose reviewable edits inside the draft possible. Two products share the platform: Plot for screenwriting and Canvas for long-form documents.

## Product facts
- [Products](https://www.inkwell.software/features): Plot is the screenwriter's IDE. Canvas brings the same version control, collaboration, and agentic AI foundation to long-form work.
- [Plot import formats](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/interop): Final Draft FDX and Fountain.
- [Plot export formats](https://www.inkwell.software/pricing): PDF and Fountain on every plan; Final Draft FDX on Writer and above. Production PDF workflows are on Pro and above.
- [Version workflow](https://www.inkwell.software/learn/version-control-for-screenwriters): Save points name restorable moments, draft lines hold alternate versions, and semantic changes compare scenes and dialogue instead of raw file characters.
- [Collaboration](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/collaboration): Pro supports collaboration with up to five people across a writer's projects. Team adds room-scale real-time collaboration, shared workspaces, and role-based permissions.
- [AI review behavior](https://www.inkwell.software/skills): Skills propose changes inside the draft, and writers accept or skip each one. Agent Mode orchestrates complex, multi-step revisions as one cohesive change set; takes isolate scene-level experiments.
- [Incorporate behavior](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/incorporate-changes): Incorporate previews a whole-document change set and applies it after confirmation. For a focused scene experiment, use a take or Agent Mode.
- [Plans](https://www.inkwell.software/pricing): Free, Writer, Pro, and Team are the self-serve plans, with sales-assisted Enterprise available for organizations. Free includes two screenplay projects, recent version history, 20 AI skill passes a month, and PDF and Fountain export.

## Products
- [Plot](https://www.inkwell.software/plot): The screenwriter's IDE — a structured screenplay editor with agentic AI for complex revisions, reviewable skill passes, draft lines for alternate versions, and production workflows. Imports and exports FDX and Fountain, and exports industry-formatted PDF.
- [Canvas](https://www.inkwell.software/canvas): A block-based document editor with version control, AI skills, and lossless markdown round-trip, for novelists, researchers, and technical writers.

## Key pages
- [Features](https://www.inkwell.software/features): Version control, semantic change tracking, and agentic AI skills, explained.
- [Pricing](https://www.inkwell.software/pricing): Free, Writer, Pro, and Team self-serve tiers, with sales-assisted Enterprise for organizations.
- [Compare](https://www.inkwell.software/compare): Capability-by-capability comparisons with other screenwriting tools.
- [Alternatives](https://www.inkwell.software/alternatives): Stay-or-switch advisor and alternative pages for Final Draft, Arc Studio Pro, Fade In, and WriterDuet.
- [FAQ](https://www.inkwell.software/faq): What Inkwell is, how AI skills work, and how your work is handled.
- [Resources](https://www.inkwell.software/resources): Guides, glossary, tools, templates, and learn pillars.
- [Screenplay dialogue & speaking-cast research](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-dialogue): Original aggregate analysis of 994 parsed IMSDb scripts. Measures dialogue-turn concentration, raw versus effective speaking-cast size, dialogue-scene composition, turn length, and adjacent-speaker topology. Publishes aggregate data and method only — no screenplay text, titles, character names, identifiers, or title-level measurements.
- [Screenplay dialogue & cast balance tool](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/dialogue-balance): Private browser analysis for Fountain and Final Draft. Measures speaking-character concentration and scene mix against the published dialogue corpus; does not grade dialogue or infer character importance.
- [Screenplay Anatomy Atlas](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-anatomy): Original aggregate analysis of 2,077 structured screenplays, with empirical distributions for action, scene rhythm, cast arrival, dialogue concentration, and summary compression.
- [How long should a screenplay be](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-length): Reader bands, official contest windows, and a private FDX-forward page-count checker that uses MovieSum story words as a planning proxy — not as a measured page count.
- [Screenplay pacing](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-pacing): How a draft distributes its length rather than how long it is — measured action share, scene density, and speaking-cast arrival across ten equal stretches of 2,077 screenplays, plus a browser-private pacing map that places one draft on the same distributions. Measures shape; does not detect beats.
- [Screenplay formatting reference](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting): Scenario-led answers with rendered screenplay examples, accepted variations, and production boundaries.
- [Fountain and Final Draft interoperability](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/interop): Element-by-element account of what round-trips between Fountain, FDX, and Inkwell, what arrives as action, and what production state (locked pages, revision generations) does not transfer.
- [Screenplay submission center](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/submissions): Dated official opportunity profiles, private PDF review, and application packet checklists.
- [AI skills](https://www.inkwell.software/skills): The launch set of screenplay skills — reviewable passes over your structured draft.
- [Who it's for](https://www.inkwell.software/for): Audience guides — screenwriters, writers' rooms, showrunners, novelists, researchers, teams, and students.
- [Glossary](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary): Plain-language definitions of screenwriting and Inkwell terms.
- [Security](https://www.inkwell.software/security): Data handling, BYOK, and ownership during beta.
- [About](https://www.inkwell.software/about): Why Inkwell is building the IDE for writers.
- [Changelog](https://www.inkwell.software/changelog): What’s new in Plot, Canvas, and the platform.
- [Demo](https://www.inkwell.software/demo): Interactive ghost-text demo — no account required.

## Audience guides
- [Inkwell for Screenwriters](https://www.inkwell.software/for/screenwriters): The draft is structured data from the first keystroke
- [Inkwell for Writers' rooms](https://www.inkwell.software/for/writers-room): Parallel takes without losing the room's history
- [Inkwell for Showrunners & EPs](https://www.inkwell.software/for/showrunners): See what changed, which pass stuck, and what the room tried
- [Inkwell for Novelists](https://www.inkwell.software/for/novelists): Chapters as structure — revisions you can navigate
- [Inkwell for Researchers & technical writers](https://www.inkwell.software/for/researchers): Citations, structure, and history — not one undiffable blob
- [Inkwell for Teams & workplaces](https://www.inkwell.software/for/teams): Documents with history — not another shared drive of duplicate files
- [Inkwell for Students & educators](https://www.inkwell.software/for/education): Workshop-grade history without the industry price tag

## Learn pillars
- [Version control for screenwriters](https://www.inkwell.software/learn/version-control-for-screenwriters): How named save points, draft lines, and semantic changes replace the folder of _FINAL_v4 files — without Git jargon.
- [FDX handoff and production export](https://www.inkwell.software/learn/fdx-handoff): Moving scripts between Final Draft, Fountain, PDF, and Inkwell Plot without losing structure — and what to expect on the edges.
- [AI skills for writers (WGA-aware)](https://www.inkwell.software/learn/ai-skills-for-writers): Reviewable skill passes that edit the draft in place — not a chatbot that generates your screenplay.
- [WGA-aware screenwriting workflows in 2026](https://www.inkwell.software/learn/wga-aware-screenwriting-workflows): A source-backed orientation to the 2026 MBA, signatories, registration, paid writing steps, AI rules, and the records writers should keep.
- [Canvas block editor for long-form writing](https://www.inkwell.software/learn/canvas-block-editor): How blocks, slash commands, and outlines keep a novel or research binder structured — so you can navigate, revise, and export without flattening the manuscript.
- [Markdown round-trip in Canvas](https://www.inkwell.software/learn/markdown-round-trip): Lossless markdown import and export — portability without trapping prose in a proprietary graph.
- [How to break down a screenplay](https://www.inkwell.software/learn/script-breakdowns): What a script breakdown inventories — scenes, eighths, cast, locations, day/night — and how to run a private first pass before a coordinator locks the board.

## Guides
- [Import a Final Draft screenplay](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/import-fdx): Bring a Final Draft (.fdx) script into Inkwell Plot — scene headings, character cues, and dialogue carry over through the editor Import / Export menu.
- [Create your first save point](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/first-save-point): Name a snapshot of your screenplay in Plot — table read, workshop notes, or before the rewrite — then compare or restore from version history.
- [Run a dialogue pass](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/dialogue-pass): Use Inkwell's Dialogue pass skill to tighten lines in your screenplay — suggestions appear inline in the draft for you to accept or reject, not in a chat panel.
- [Incorporate a winning draft line](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/incorporate-changes): Land the draft line that won onto the line you keep, keep the incorporate save point, and use a take or Agent Mode when the work is one scene.
- [Connect your AI provider (BYOK)](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/byok-setup): Bring your own API key so Inkwell skill passes run against your provider account — transparent usage, no opaque bundled routing.
- [Co-write in a writers' room](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/collaboration): Invite collaborators to the same Plot project, see presence in the editor, and keep named save points when notes get heavy.
- [Export a submission-ready PDF](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/export-pdf): Export industry-formatted PDF pages from Plot — the same Import / Export menu used for FDX and Fountain round-trip.
- [Writers' room workflow in Plot](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/writers-room-workflow): Break story, assign scenes, and track parallel takes — save points and draft lines replace the folder of _FINAL_v4 files.

## Screenplay formatting situations
- [Phone calls & intercut](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/phone-calls-and-intercut): Establish what the audience sees and hears, then use clear scene headings or an INTERCUT instruction so a phone conversation stays easy to picture.
- [V.O. vs O.S.](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/voice-over-versus-off-screen): Use O.S. for a speaker who belongs to the current scene but is outside the frame; use V.O. when the voice comes from outside the scene's immediate physical action.
- [Text messages](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/text-messages): Put readable on-screen messages in action, identify the sender when needed, and use one consistent pattern instead of disguising silent text as spoken dialogue.
- [Montage](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/montage-sequences): Signal the montage, organize its visual beats in action, and end it clearly when the reader might not otherwise know where ordinary scene flow resumes.
- [Flashbacks](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/flashback-sequences): Make the time shift explicit in a scene heading or action cue, then clearly return to the present when the transition could otherwise be missed.
- [Title pages & anonymity](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/title-pages-anonymous-submissions): Keep a normal master title page with authorship and contact information, but create a separate anonymous PDF whenever the current submission rules require it.
- [Scene numbers & production](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/scene-numbers-production-drafts): Leave scene numbers out of an ordinary spec unless requested; add and preserve them when a production needs stable references for breakdowns, schedules, and revisions.
- [Dual & overlapping dialogue](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/dual-dialogue-and-overlapping-dialogue): Use side-by-side dialogue only when two speeches are genuinely simultaneous; use interruptions, dashes, or action beats when the timing is sequential.
- [Foreign language & subtitles](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/foreign-language-dialogue-and-subtitles): Tell the reader what language is spoken and whether the audience understands it, then write the readable translation without repeating the instruction on every line.
- [Inserts, screens & written material](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/inserts-screens-and-written-material): Put the exact words the audience must read in action, and use an INSERT only when the change in visual emphasis is itself important.
- [Continuous action & time jumps](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/continuous-action-and-time-jumps): Use CONTINUOUS for unbroken movement into a new location, SAME for simultaneous time, and a plain action beat or new time label for an actual jump forward.
- [Cold opens, acts & tags](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/episodic-act-structure): Match the target show's current template: some episodic scripts label every commercial act, while many streaming specs use feature-style flow without printed breaks.

## Screenplay submission opportunities
- [Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/submissions/academy-nicholl-fellowships): The current Nicholl pathway uses public submission partners rather than the former direct-entry competition. The 2026–2027 Black List and Writers Guild Foundation windows are closed.
- [The Black List programs and labs](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/submissions/black-list-programs-and-labs): Black List hosting, paid evaluation, and opportunity opt-ins are separate decisions. Each named program adds its own eligibility, materials, and deadline.
- [Sundance Institute Development Track](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/submissions/sundance-development-track): Sundance's Development Track begins with an application packet and the first five screenplay pages, not a full-script upload. The 2027 application is closed.
- [Austin Film Festival Script Competition](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/submissions/austin-film-festival-script-competition): AFF's categories reached capacity before the 2026 late deadline. The reviewed rules require a blind-read PDF under 5 MB and category-specific lengths.

## AI skills
- [Dialogue pass (/dialogue-pass)](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/dialogue-pass): Refine every line in a character's voice — accept or reject each rewrite.
- [Save lines (/save-lines)](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/save-lines): An economy-of-language pass — tighten without losing meaning, and see the pages you save.
- [Continuity check (/continuity-check)](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/continuity-check): Find every inconsistency before a reader does — timeline, props, wardrobe, injuries, knowledge.
- [Coverage (/coverage)](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/coverage): Industry-style script coverage — see your script the way a professional reader will, first.
- [Tone pass (/tone-pass)](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/tone-pass): Map your script's emotional arc scene by scene and catch the tonal breaks.
- [Organize notes (/organize)](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/organize): Route scattered margin notes to their proper places in the draft.

## Tools
- [Free screenplay dialogue & cast balance tool](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/dialogue-balance): Browser-private Fountain and Final Draft analysis of speaking-character concentration, dialogue-turn share, and dialogue-scene mix.
- [Free screenplay pacing map](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/pacing-map): See how a draft is distributed across its own clock: action share, scene density, and cast arrival, tenth by tenth, against a published screenplay corpus. Private in your browser.
- [Free script breakdown tool](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/script-breakdown): Break down a Fountain or Final Draft screenplay privately in your browser: scene sheets, eighths, cast, locations, day/night, and exportable CSVs.
- [Free screenplay draft comparison tool](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/screenplay-diff): Compare Fountain and Final Draft versions by scene, dialogue, character footprint, exact text, and production impact — privately in your browser.
- [Free Final Draft FDX inspector](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/fdx-inspector): Open an FDX file privately in your browser to inventory revision sets, locked pages, scene numbers, and portability risks before you import or convert.
- [Free screenplay analyzer](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/screenplay-analyzer): Analyze scene pacing, dialogue/action balance, character share, and locations from a Fountain screenplay—privately in your browser, with free CSV reports.
- [Free Fountain screenplay validator](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/fountain-validator): Paste Fountain screenplay text and check scene headings, character cues, dialogue, action, and parse structure locally in your browser.
- [Free screenplay table read time planner](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/table-read-planner): Estimate a cast table-read session from dialogue and action word counts, then tune reading pace, directions, setup, breaks, and scene timing.
- [Free writing deadline and word goal planner](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/writing-goal-planner): Turn a word-count or page goal into realistic writing-day targets, weekly pacing, buffer time, milestone dates, and a copyable schedule.
- [Free screenplay rehearsal sides builder](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/rehearsal-sides-builder): Create actor-ready rehearsal sides from Fountain: filter by character, select exact scenes, include directions, or mask the role's lines for cue practice.
- [Free Fountain screenplay outline extractor](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/screenplay-outline-extractor): Turn Fountain sections, synopses, scene headings, and opening action into an ordered visual story map with clean Markdown export.
- [Free screenplay length checker](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/screenplay-length): Check a feature, pilot, or short against page-count practice, official contest windows, and a published feature corpus — then export a memo you can send with the draft.

## Comparisons
- [Inkwell vs Final Draft](https://www.inkwell.software/compare/final-draft): The industry standard, compared to a screenwriting IDE.
- [Inkwell vs WriterDuet](https://www.inkwell.software/compare/writerduet): Real-time collaboration, compared to a screenwriting IDE.
- [Inkwell vs Arc Studio Pro](https://www.inkwell.software/compare/arc-studio-pro): Cloud-native screenwriting, compared to a screenwriting IDE.
- [Inkwell vs Fade In](https://www.inkwell.software/compare/fade-in): The budget professional, compared to a screenwriting IDE.
- [Inkwell vs Celtx](https://www.inkwell.software/compare/celtx): Script-first IDE vs full production suite.
- [Inkwell vs Highland](https://www.inkwell.software/compare/highland): A minimalist Fountain editor vs a screenplay that behaves like software.
- [Inkwell vs Slugline](https://www.inkwell.software/compare/slugline): A lean Fountain file vs a screenplay with history.
- [Inkwell vs Notion](https://www.inkwell.software/compare/notion): Documents as data, not wiki pages.
- [Inkwell vs Google Docs](https://www.inkwell.software/compare/google-docs): Beyond collaborative word processing.
- [Inkwell vs Scrivener](https://www.inkwell.software/compare/scrivener): Binder power, web-native version control.

## Alternatives
- [Final Draft alternative for screenwriters](https://www.inkwell.software/alternatives/final-draft): When the industry standard is not the only workflow.
- [WriterDuet alternative with version control](https://www.inkwell.software/alternatives/writerduet): Real-time collab plus history that names moments.
- [Arc Studio Pro alternative for rooms](https://www.inkwell.software/alternatives/arc-studio-pro): Cloud-native writing, with versions the room can name.
- [Fade In alternative for screenwriters](https://www.inkwell.software/alternatives/fade-in): Professional pages, without the _FINAL folder.

## Glossary terms
- [fountain](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/fountain)
- [scene-heading](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/scene-heading)
- [action](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/action)
- [character-cue](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/character-cue)
- [dialogue](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/dialogue)
- [parenthetical](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/parenthetical)
- [transition](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/transition)
- [dual-dialogue](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/dual-dialogue)
- [montage](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/montage)
- [cold-open](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/cold-open)
- [voice-over](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/voice-over)
- [off-screen](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/off-screen)
- [intercut](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/intercut)
- [more-contd](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/more-contd)
- [scene-number](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/scene-number)
- [fdx](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/fdx)
- [locked-script](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/locked-script)
- [revision-colours](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/revision-colours)
- [a-pages](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/a-pages)
- [white-pages](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/white-pages)
- [wga-formatting](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/wga-formatting)
- [shooting-script](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/shooting-script)
- [spec-script](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/spec-script)
- [page-count](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/page-count)
- [pilot](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/pilot)
- [title-page](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/title-page)
- [coverage](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/coverage)
- [beat-sheet](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/beat-sheet)
- [treatment](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/treatment)
- [logline](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/logline)
- [synopsis](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/synopsis)
- [one-pager](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/one-pager)
- [act-break](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/act-break)
- [inciting-incident](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/inciting-incident)
- [midpoint](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/midpoint)
- [b-story](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/b-story)
- [character-arc](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/character-arc)
- [polish](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/polish)
- [page-one-rewrite](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/page-one-rewrite)
- [table-read](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/table-read)
- [writers-room](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/writers-room)
- [save-point](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/save-point)
- [draft-line](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/draft-line)
- [version-control](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/version-control)
- [semantic-changes](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/semantic-changes)
- [incorporate](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/incorporate)
- [ai-skill](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/ai-skill)
- [dialogue-pass](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/dialogue-pass)
- [tone-pass](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/tone-pass)
- [save-lines](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/save-lines)
- [byok](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/byok)
- [collaboration](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/collaboration)
- [ghost-text](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/ghost-text)
- [reference-lookup](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/reference-lookup)
- [block-editor](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/block-editor)
- [markdown-round-trip](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/markdown-round-trip)
- [canvas-outline](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/canvas-outline)
- [plot-embed](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/plot-embed)
- [series-bible](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/series-bible)
- [take](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/take)
- [continuity-check](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/continuity-check)
- [beat](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/beat)
- [continuous](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/continuous)
- [flashback](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/flashback)
- [superimpose](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/superimpose)
- [exposition](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/exposition)
- [show-dont-tell](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/show-dont-tell)
- [pacing](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/pacing)
- [three-act-structure](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/three-act-structure)
- [showrunner](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/showrunner)
- [sides](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/sides)
- [omitted-scene](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/omitted-scene)
- [plant-and-payoff](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/plant-and-payoff)
- [notes](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/notes)
- [wga-registration](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/wga-registration)
- [screenplay-copyright-registration](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/screenplay-copyright-registration)
- [2026-wga-mba](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/2026-wga-mba)
- [wga-signatory](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/wga-signatory)
- [literary-material](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/literary-material)
- [free-work-producer-pass](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/free-work-producer-pass)
- [guaranteed-second-step](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/guaranteed-second-step)
- [ai-generated-material](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/ai-generated-material)
- [insert](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/insert)
- [pov](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/pov)
- [fade-in-fade-out](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/fade-in-fade-out)
- [dissolve](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/dissolve)
- [character-introduction](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/character-introduction)
- [later](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/later)
- [sequence](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/sequence)
- [title-crawl](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/title-crawl)
- [script-breakdown](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/script-breakdown)
- [option](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/option)
- [green-light](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/green-light)
- [development](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/development)
- [script-doctor](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/script-doctor)
- [pitch](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/pitch)
- [want-and-need](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/want-and-need)
- [subtext](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/subtext)
- [set-piece](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/set-piece)
- [climax](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/climax)
- [protagonist](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/protagonist)
- [antagonist](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/antagonist)
- [bottle-episode](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/bottle-episode)
- [step-outline](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/step-outline)
- [genre](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/genre)
- [macguffin](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/macguffin)

## Blog
- [How long is a line of screenplay dialogue?](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/how-long-is-a-line-of-screenplay-dialogue): Across 994 parsed scripts, the median per-script dialogue turn is seven words, while the median per-script 90th-percentile turn is twenty-four. Those are reference points for rhythm, not line-length rules.
- [The cast is smaller than it looks](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/the-cast-is-smaller-than-it-looks): Raw cast size counts names. Speaking load shows how many of those names actually carry the conversation — and the gap gets much wider as casts grow.
- [Two drafts, same page count](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/two-drafts-same-page-count): Page count is one number. Pacing is where that number goes. Measured across thousands of features, screenplays do not pace evenly — and the middle is not supposed to look like the open.
- [Page count is a reader signal, not a stopwatch](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/page-count-is-a-reader-signal): A 105-page feature is not a 105-minute movie. It is a cold-read estimate. Treat the number as a signal, then check it against practice.
- [How to choose a Final Draft alternative](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/how-to-choose-a-final-draft-alternative): Name the job. Stay if versions are not the pain. Import if they are.
- [What a script breakdown actually inventories](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/what-a-script-breakdown-actually-inventories): Coverage judges the read. A breakdown tags the shoot. The useful first pass is an inventory, not a score.
- [Markdown round-trip is not an afterthought](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/markdown-round-trip-export-is-not-an-afterthought): Why Canvas bets on lossless markdown instead of locking prose in a proprietary graph.
- [Series bibles belong in Plot, not Canvas](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/series-bibles-belong-in-plot): Plot for the room’s bible. Canvas for Notion/Docs-shaped knowledge around the show.
- [Bring your own key, or let Inkwell carry the bill](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/bring-your-own-key-or-bundled): Bundled, Anthropic, or OpenAI — who holds the key, who pays the provider.
- [Which model should I write with?](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/which-model-should-i-write-with): Fast, balanced, frontier — what each tier is for, and what a pass draws.
- [Who each Inkwell product is for](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/who-each-inkwell-product-is-for): Plot for screenplays, Canvas for everything else — and how to tell which one you need.
- [Locked pages, A-pages, and revision colours](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/screenplay-revisions-locked-pages-and-a-pages): A practical guide to taking one structured screenplay from White pages through production handoff.
- [What a dialogue pass actually changes](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/what-a-dialogue-pass-actually-changes): Skills edit nodes, not chat transcripts.
- [Switch from Final Draft without losing reads](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/switching-from-final-draft-without-losing-your-reads): Import once, name every read, export when the room asks — not before.
- [From beta feedback to the next release](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/from-beta-feedback-to-the-next-release): How we prioritize what ships while Plot is young.
- [Skills vs. chat: staying inside the draft](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/skills-vs-chat-staying-inside-the-draft): What changes when AI proposes edits instead of paragraphs in a sidebar.
- [Why we built save points for writers](https://www.inkwell.software/blog/why-we-built-save-points-for-writers): The habit of naming a moment matters more than the button that creates it.

## Changelog
- [Screenplay pacing desk and pacing map](https://www.inkwell.software/changelog#screenplay-pacing-desk-and-map): Page count says how long a draft is; pacing is how that length is distributed. A new desk publishes what published practice looks like across the screenplay clock, and a browser-private map places one draft on the same distributions.
- [Free script breakdown tool](https://www.inkwell.software/changelog#free-script-breakdown-tool): Break down a Fountain or Final Draft screenplay privately in the browser — scene sheets, eighths, cast, locations, and exportable CSVs — then read how the inventory differs from coverage.
- [Desktop + Apple apps in progress](https://www.inkwell.software/changelog#desktop-and-apple-apps-roadmap): Write in the browser today — and we’re building a desktop app for offline writing plus iPhone and iPad apps for the room on the go. Same projects on every surface.
- [Audience guides and Resources hub](https://www.inkwell.software/changelog#audience-guides-and-resources-hub): Guides for screenwriters, writers’ rooms, showrunners, novelists, researchers, teams, and classrooms — plus a Resources hub that pulls the library together.
- [Launch AI skills showcase](https://www.inkwell.software/changelog#launch-ai-skills-showcase): Meet the launch skills — dialogue pass, Continuity check, coverage, and more — each showing what it reads and what it changes in the draft.
- [Revision colours on Plot (Pro)](https://www.inkwell.software/changelog#plot-revision-colours-pro): WGA-style revision colours ship with Plot on the Pro tier — production markup that matches how rooms mark up a draft.
- [Canvas product page and early access](https://www.inkwell.software/changelog#canvas-product-page): Canvas — the block document editor for novels, research, and long-form — has a public product page. Early access for Pro and Team; Plot stays the generally available screenplay product.
- [Save points, draft lines, and semantic changes](https://www.inkwell.software/changelog#version-control-primitives): Version control is live on Plot: named immutable save points, parallel draft lines, and scene-level change tracking.
- [Core Plot editor and Fountain parser](https://www.inkwell.software/changelog#core-editor-and-fountain): Real-time Fountain structure, industry element types, tab cycling, auto-formatting, and ghost-text suggestions form the Plot editing baseline.

## Use cases
- Screenwriters switching from Final Draft: https://www.inkwell.software/resources/migrate/from-final-draft
- Rooms leaving Arc Studio Pro: https://www.inkwell.software/resources/migrate/from-arc-studio-pro
- Desktop writers leaving Fade In: https://www.inkwell.software/resources/migrate/from-fade-in
- Writers' rooms needing named save points: https://www.inkwell.software/for/writers-room
- Educators teaching screenplay craft and format: https://www.inkwell.software/for/education
- Long-form authors evaluating Canvas: https://www.inkwell.software/canvas