Import a script or outline

Import a script or outline

Start a story from a script or outline you already have.

What you can import

• Final Draft (.fdx)
• Fade In (.fadein)
• Fountain (.fountain)
• Plain-text screenplays (.txt)

Import a file

1. On the Dashboard, click Import File. Inside a story, click Import script in the sidebar.
2. Click Choose file and pick your file.
3. Check the Story name. The story starts with the Free Form structure; you can change it later.
4. Click Import.

We do not store your file: it is read in your browser and only the story it makes is saved.

What you get

• Every scene becomes a scene in your outline, with its heading as the scene location.
• Scenes without dialogue become scene notes, ready for dictation. That makes it easy to import an outline and talk the scenes out.
• Written scenes go into your script, so you can keep dictating where you left off.
• The characters in the script come in too. They appear in your cast in the Characters column. See Characters from an imported script.

After importing

• Choose a structure: see Choose a structure.
• Drag the scenes into the sections where they belong.