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A simple screenwriter with a terrible name
Welcome to Mr. Wryly
Mr. Wryly is built for writing screenplays in your browser. Everything is stored locally on your computer and never leaves it. Mr. Wryly is totally free, with no accounts. It's meant to be simple and does not have every feature you might find in fancier tools. Files are saved in .fountain format for portability. Please report bugs if you find them.
Help
Fountain Basics
Fountain is a plain-text screenplay format. It was made so that anybody could write a screenplay in any text editor. Mr. Wryly is one of many tools designed to make that even easier. For more information, and to see other tools, visit fountain.io.
Writing Here
Just start writing your screenplay. Mr. Wryly will try to figure out whether you are typing a character, action, dialogue, and so on, and then format everything properly. If he guesses wrong, use the format bar to manually assign a line type.
Scenes are added to the scene list as you go, and you can use that list to jump around your screenplay. The stats panel is useful for keeping an eye on scenes, words, lines, and your cast of characters.
Tip: Click "Cast" in the Stats panel to globally change the name of a character.
Import
Import opens a .fountain or .txt file from your computer and brings it into Mr. Wryly. Imported files are copied into the browser; the original file on your computer is not changed unless you use Save File and replace it yourself.
Scripts
Scripts shows the drafts currently stored in this browser. You can switch between them, delete old ones, or use Save File from that list. These browser-stored scripts are convenient, but they should still be treated as temporary.
Source
Source shows the raw Fountain text behind the formatted editor. It is useful when you want to paste, clean up, or directly edit the plain-text version of the script.
View Settings
View Settings controls what you see while working. Scene Numbers can be shown or hidden in the editor.
Focus
Focus hides the side panels so you can focus on just your writing.
PDF Export Settings
PDF Export settings control what gets included when you preview or download a PDF. You can include or hide the title page, page numbers, and scene numbers.
Preview shows an approximate paginated version of your screenplay. While Preview is on, the page is read-only, so turn Preview off to edit again.
Download PDF opens your browser's print flow, and browser PDF engines vary, so page breaks may differ slightly from the preview.
Save File
Use Save File to keep a .fountain backup on your computer. Mr. Wryly also autosaves in your browser, but browser storage should be treated as temporary. It can disappear if browser data is cleared or reset.
Snapshots
Snapshots are short-term versions saved in your browser. They can help you recover from a recent change, but they are not a substitute for saving a .fountain file on your computer.
Mr. Wryly automatically creates snapshots after you pause while writing, when you import a file, when you use Save File, before a character rename, and before applying changes from Source.
To avoid filling browser storage, Mr. Wryly keeps up to 10 snapshots per script and up to 60 snapshots total. If a script already has 10 snapshots, older automatic snapshots are deleted first. Mr. Wryly tries to keep up to 3 recent manual snapshots per script, as long as the overall 60-snapshot limit has not been reached.
You can also create one yourself with Add Now in the Snapshots panel.
What's Missing
Mr. Wryly is intentionally lighter than a full screenwriting app. It is good for drafting and working with Fountain text, but it does not try to replace production tools with collaboration, locked pages, revision colors, advanced reports, or guaranteed file-system storage.
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