Free Outliner

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Free Outliner

Online beat sheet calculator and flexible structure prompts from Hollywood’s top mentors
Build your beat sheet & step-outline in your browser.
Then export it for free into Final Draft.

FREE TO USE

More About Beatsheets

Story Structures:

Freeform

No guide…Outline by the seat of your pants. But still, it’s an outline!

Save the Cat

Blake Snyder’s Hollywood method defines the key plot points and when they occur.

4 Act

The classic Four-Act Structure outlines the setup, the rise / fall, and resolution.

8 Sequences

A structure that generates cliffhangers and twists from AFI & USC film schools.

Story Circle

Dan Harmon’s hero’s journey for sitcoms and ‘there-and-back-again’ stories.

Five Act TV

Freytag’s theater structure was adapted to shape hour-long TV with teasers and tags.

9Cs

A beatsheet with a strong spine that balances the inner & outer journey.

Pixar

Pixar’s “Once upon a time…” story spine guides how they break story.

coming soon

Syd Field

The popular Hollywood form builds toward story pinch points.

coming soon

Even more coming soon.

ScriptOutliner & Talking Draft

ScriptOutliner is the first part of the Talking Draft webapp.
Build your beat sheet & step-outline in the browser.
Then export it for free into Final Draft.

We invite you to take your step-outline and use our amazing TalkingDraft speech-to-script to produce a first draft faster than you ever imagined!

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