Where is the Best Place to Collaborate on Screenplays?

Chris Pirillo — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:01:12 +0000

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When I was a Senior in high school, I decided to write down a few thoughts. Before I knew it, a simple poem had turned into a novel. A few years later, I did my best to adapt that novel into a screenplay. I couldn’t find an easy way of creating that screenplay. Sure, software was around way back then, but we just didn’t have the options and functions in it that we do these days. It hadn’t evolved and was easily accessible. If I were to decide to take my junky writing and work on that screenplay again, I’d use Zhura.

The advantages of web-based applications are obvious – no software to install, no updates to keep track of, easy portability, and automatic off-site backup of data. Screenwriting, in particular, enjoys significant benefits from this architecture. By hosting the software online, we are able to offer easy and intuitive collaborative features. Users can work privately as they do today, collaborate with a few friends, or even collaborate with the entire web community. We automatically manage revision history and maintain a record of authorship. Also, by offering a web-based application, we can easily reach a diverse population of writers and build a dynamic community that is not possible with traditional screenwriting applications.

Many of the collaborative features we bring to scriptwriting are adopted from those that have been used in the software community for years. As engineers, we have a unique opportunity to introduce these tools to screenwriters and create new ones as our platform evolves. We are passionate about the creative process and it is our pleasure to bring some of this new technology to the screenwriting market.

I wish this site was around back when I was seriously trying to adapt my book into a screenplay. Zhura is a great way for writers to collaborate to come up with the next big blockbuster. The site will format what you write into screenplay format. You can, of course, do your work yourself, and use the site to keep everything properly organized.

Zhura is home to an active global community of screenwriters. Members can meet other writers, share their scripts, ideas, videos, provide comments and feedback as well as enter into discussions on any aspect of the process. Zhura provides an opportunity for writers all over to support each other in their creative endeavors.

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