Software Reviews - Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:38

Contour for Windows

Contour for Windows is a software program which offers you a structural model to follow in developing your screenplay idea. It belongs to the same category as John Truby’s Blockbuster and Blake Snyder’s Save The Cat software.

Like Blockbuster did until John Truby published his book, Contour actually presents a screenwriting theoretical model which cannot be found elsewhere than in the software. Developed by Jeff Schechter, the screenwriter who previously had created the Totally Write script development program, Contour is published by Mariner Software. Schechter is a successful screenwriter, and the model on which Contour is built is the structural model he used while writing his scripts.

Contour was originally a Mac app, but the Windows version under review here swiftly followed. The Mac version seamlessly integrates with Montage, Mariner’s screenplay formatting software. Apart from this, though, the Windows version has everything the Mac version has.

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