I can tell - Will be great

I came to LogLine to support the fountain format, not because I thought it had something more to offer me than the other fine products in this space. After an evening of working with it, I feel that this early version of LogLine is pretty good but has some catching up to do to meet its main competition. The “coming soon” features announced here will make it definitely a contender. The outline sidebar could use a bit more refinement, but works great as a navigation tool for longer scripts. I’d like to see synopses added as an option for display.

The real distinguishing feature of Logline over similar apps is the export of treatments, synopses, etc. THIS is the reason for plain text writing: the parsing. Being able to slice and dice the document and generate different “reports” on a screenplay is extremely valuable. I hope other apps start taking this approach as well.

Thinking as a director and producer - it would be double-plus good if apps like this start to add refinements like character and location breakdowns. I know, I know - thats bloat. So how about this as a suggestion instead: Write a companion app that does the breakdowns and keep Logline a pure writing environment. Or don’t! I can see both sides.

Anyway - I am here to say - the app is extremely capable already, and definitely worth its intro price of $30. Supporting developers who support creatives with awesome apps like this is something I just had to get behind. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of what promises to be a fantastic app. Consider your $30 as a cheap investment in an already powerful writing tool that will only get better if the dev is encouraged to keep going.

robwest about Logline