How Plainchant is being built: a screenwriting app for writers who would rather write than fuss over format. Newest first.
September 30, 2026
A homepage for meeting Plainchant before opening the blank page, with the whole primer in four steps.
September 28, 2026
Double-click a line of the formatted script to fix it right there, without two scripts to keep in step.
September 28, 2026
The editor alone, the preview alone, or both; and what an ad blocker taught us about file names.
September 28, 2026
Page view: the script as the sheets it prints on, while you write, kept up to date as you type.
September 27, 2026
Fast typing on long scripts, comparing versions, scripts in real files, and Final Draft export.
September 27, 2026
Read-aloud time and YouTube chapters for narrated videos, a retro theme, and a few old adventure-game commands.
September 26, 2026
Stats, an outline, focus mode, colour in plain text, versions, working offline, settings, themes and an accessibility check.
September 25, 2026
Real screenplay pages, to paper or PDF, worked out on the Courier grid.
September 25, 2026
Autocomplete, and moving every script into the browser's own database without losing a word on the way.
September 20, 2026
A welcome tour and Help, choosing the name Plainchant, a Library for your scripts, and getting them in and out.
September 20, 2026
The prototype becomes a real project: a parser that does not guess, scripts that are never lost, phones and tablets, and helpers that format as you type.