Gordon C Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I know I am retro, but I was thinking of typing my stuff on a manual typewriter. Is there a way to set the margins for a manual typewriter to type my own movie script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 There's a mechanical setting for the margins and you can also set up the tabs for the dialogue etc. The one advantage a typewriters is that you have to keep moving the story forward, you can't spend time rewriting each sentence over and over again before progressing like you would on a computer. Of course, you have to retype everything during the next rewrite . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McBride Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Usually it's just putting in tabs for your different left side margins. Though I don't really see why you would want to use a typewriter. As Brian said, it helps moving the story forward, but what if you get something done and then when you reread it you misspelled one word? Sure you can white-out it, but that looks messy, you have to retype the entire page. Or what if in a rewrite your last paragraph on a page goes onto the next page, then that page goes to the next. You might have to retype a whole lot just because of one mistake. There's a reason why scriptwriters use computers nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Salzmann Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 All true. Embrace progress and get Final Draft - less of a vintage workflow but you will appreciate its many features. No joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Vogt Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Im a firm believer in Celtx scriptwriting software. It's free, or at least it used to be, the new version you may have to pay for or that can just be a monthly subscription fee for posting scripts online or storing them to an external server so multiple writers can edit and re-save instead of having to email back and forth. Not to mention it's easy and has a nice bit of features as well. You should definitely look into it. I'm also a fan of typewriters though. I just love that noise of their keys, it makes you feel like you've accomplished something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dzyak Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 How about this? http://www.deadlykitten.com/typewriter/ http://www.deadlykitten.com/typewriter/blog.php ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Neary Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I know I am retro, but I was thinking of typing my stuff on a manual typewriter. Is there a way to set the margins for a manual typewriter to type my own movie script? My wife and I go to a regular arts and lectures series here in portland (visiting authors pontificating about the creative process), and you'd be surprised how many nationally known writers still plunk away on typewriters. There's a shop close by that still services typewriters (Ace Typewriter) and can bring an old Remington back to showroom quality for less than the cost of a couple reams of paper, I highly recommend them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Hal Smith Posted May 29, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 The better office electrics like my IBM Wheelwriter III have correction ribbons built-in that will erase entire words if not sentences. If you catch a mistake when you make it built-in correction makes it easy to fix. Of course my Wheelwriter's been on the top shelf of my office closet for at least five years. I stopped using it when just about every application and/or form I ever use got converted to either live on-line or Acrobat form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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