Visible story hierarchy
Preserve Fountain section depth while keeping synopses and scene headings in exact document order.
Free · private browser tool
Free Fountain screenplay outline extractor
Turn Fountain sections, synopses, scene headings, and opening action into an ordered visual story map with clean Markdown export.
Useful output, not a score
What this tool gives you
Scene-level orientation
Optionally include the first action block from each scene to make a revision or room handoff easier to scan.
Editable Markdown
Copy or download a lightweight outline for a wiki, planning document, issue, or writers'-room agenda.
How to use it
- 1
Structure the Fountain draft
Use # section lines, = synopsis lines, and standard scene headings wherever they help describe the story.
- 2
Extract the story map
The browser preserves those explicit elements and captures an optional opening-action preview for each scene.
- 3
Tune and export
Show or hide action previews and scene numbers, then copy or download the outline as Markdown.
Questions writers ask
Does this automatically invent a beat sheet?
No. It preserves explicit Fountain sections, synopses, and scene headings. That makes the output deterministic and keeps creative interpretation with the writer.
What are Fountain sections and synopses?
A line beginning with one or more # characters creates a nested section; a line beginning with = creates a synopsis. Both are planning elements and do not appear in a normal screenplay export.
What is included in the Markdown file?
It includes the preserved section hierarchy, blockquoted synopses, and a list of scenes. You can optionally add scene numbers and the first action block from each scene.
Defined in the glossary
Step outline
A scene-by-scene (or beat-by-beat) outline that lists what happens in order — more granular than a beat sheet, leaner than a treatment's prose narrative.
Beat sheet
A short outline of a story’s key moments — the beats — used to plan structure before or during drafting without writing every scene yet.
Synopsis
A compact prose telling of the full story — including the ending — used in coverage, applications, and pitch materials.
Scene heading (slugline)
The line that opens a scene: interior or exterior, location, and time of day — for example, INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT. It orients the reader and anchors production breakdowns.
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