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rnkn
fountain-mode
Emacs Lisp2015–2021
rnkn / fountain-mode

fountain-mode

Emacs major mode for screenwriting in Fountain plain-text markup

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3Mentions
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445GitHub stars
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Emacs major mode for screenwriting in Fountain plain-text markup

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Observed mentions: 2015-10-31 17:11:57 UTC to 2021-02-24 18:35:00 UTC.

012015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2021

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20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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Looks nice! And I don't want to always be that Emacs guy, but for anyone interested, you can (of course) have a similar setup, here's some packages: https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs (haven't tried, but clean look and defaults) https://github.com/rnkn/olivetti (writing environment) https://github.com/rnkn/fountain-mode (screenplay writing) https://github.com/alphapapa/org-sidebar (sidebar) https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode (markdown, with preview too) https://orgmode.org/ (of course, org-mode for everything)
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For screenwriting I highly recommend checking out emacs fountain mode [1] (plus imenu-list and Olivetti minor modes). In combination with org-mode it is the most powerful writing/outlining tool you can imagine. Also, if you haven't tried them, I highly recommend checking out WorkFlowy [2], Gingko [3], or Nulis [4] (disclaimer - nulis is my own project). Outlining and organizing projects as a tree structure is insanely powerful and convenient. The idea of organizing a script/novel as a tree structure rather than a flat outline allows you to "zoom into" as many levels as you want, and conveniently focus on any part of your work. I recommend using separate branches for worldbuilding, characters, notes, and plot outline, summarize the high level ideas quickly, and expand on them by adding more levels. Writing the actual draft though is much
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more convenient in emacs + fountain/markdown + org/imenu. To take it to a crazy level of awesomeness consider storing your files in git, or at least dropbox, to have a history of revisions. --- [1] https://github.com/rnkn/fountain-mode [2] https://workflowy.com [3] https://gingkoapp.com [4] https://github.com/raymestalez/nulis Also, emacs/fountain screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/AJpUNsz.png Looks awesome, truly a pleasure to use.
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