Features

You can take years to learn how to write a great, producible screenplay. Or you can use Story Distiller.

Other screenwriting apps are just fancified formatting software, with an online whiteboard element thrown in. Story Distiller is the only tool with everything you need to create a brilliant screenplay, right from the first draft.

Here are the features that make Story Distiller unique:

Integrated story design, development, and writing

Character development, including character arcs

Scene and story beat page

Story board measures tension and manages pacing

Prompts help generate multi-layered stories and characters

Text editor with industry-standard formatting

User-friendly, graphical interface

Easy-to-follow screenplay structures

Data CODE (Create Once, Distribute Everywhere): enter details once for auto distribution throughout the project

Distilling process ensures no more blank page

Bechdel-Wallace test

Vito Russo test

Ethnic representation test

7 layers of protection, including full encryption, to safeguard IP

One-click treatment generation

Searchable

Nursery for project-independent ideas

Start new projects from nursery

Story bible

Auto-save and auto-backup

Accurate scene timer for true page-a-minute estimates

Password protection for both system and files

Files internally date-stamped to protect your work from theft or plagiarism

Auto-fill fields

AI-free

Responsive help and support

Story Distiller community