Finish your screenplay.One beat at a time.

For your first movie or the draft you’re ready to finish. Plan your story, find the next scene, and turn it into pages.

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The Down and Out story board, with sequence cards, written page counts, setup/payoff warnings, and the story’s rhythm across the top.
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Plan your story

Find your next scene.

See the whole movie. Find one scene you can write today.

Have an idea for a movie?

Type it out or talk it through. Give the characters, turns, and scenes a place to grow.

Have a draft you can’t finish?

Step back, spot what’s missing, and find the scene that gets you writing again.

StoryThe idea you want to explore.
ActsSetup, struggle, resolution.
SequencesThe major turns in your story.
ScenesOne place. One moment.
BeatsWhat happens, moment by moment.
PagesYour plan becomes a screenplay.
The project Overview brings together the logline, pages written, projected length, and open setups.
See the draft taking shape.

Written pages, planned length, and loose ends. One place to take stock.

Write your pages

Writeto thebeat.

Know what needs to happen before you write the first line. Your beats stay beside the screenplay, so you can stay in the scene.

One sceneat a time
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The Script outline groups scenes by sequence, with beat counts, page positions, and written-page badges showing the draft’s progress.
Watch the outline become pages.

  • Keep the story in view.

    Your beats, cast, threads, and connections stay beside the page.

  • See the pages add up.

    Track what you’ve written against what you planned, scene by scene.

  • Stay in the scene.

    Screenplay formatting follows as you type. Move to the next scene when you’re ready.

The screenplay editor keeps scene details and beat cards alongside the script, with the current beat highlighted beside the page.
Your plan stays in the margin. Your attention stays on the scene.

Get unstuck

You lead. AI helps.

Stuck on what happens next? Strengthen a beat, fill a gap, or get a first page to work with. You decide what stays.

  1. Give it a direction.

    Type or dictate a note about the part that has you stuck.

  2. Build on what you have.

    Improve existing material or fill the gaps, using your story as context.

  3. Keep the final say.

    Preview the changes and choose what to keep. AI-generated pages stay marked until you edit them.

AI is optional. Your free trial includes 3 AI uses.

Develop The Route: Improve what I have is selected, with a note asking, Just write the first page to get me going. Changes require preview approval.
A little momentum goes a long way.

Keep it connected

Plant the setup.
Land the payoff.

That clue in Act I should mean something in Act III. Keep the connections in view as you move the story around.

  • Follow the thread.

    Track a character arc or subplot across the sequences it touches.

  • Connect the moments.

    Link a setup to its payoff and keep the reason beside it.

  • Catch a crossed wire.

    Move things around. Beatstack flags a payoff that now comes before its setup.

Two story connections: one setup still needs a payoff, and another is flagged because the payoff comes first on the board.
Catch it on the board. Fix it before the next draft.

The full tour

See the whole app in five minutes.

Watch one story go from acts and beats on the board to scenes on the page.

Then try it on your own story.

Yours to keep

Your work stays yours.

On your Mac

Write and plan offline. AI needs an internet connection.

Portable projects

Back up, move, or share your project files.

Take it with you

Export to Final Draft or PDF. Take your outline and character bible, too.

Simple pricing

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Beatstack 0.13.3 · macOS 13.0+ · Apple Silicon and Intel

Write the next page.

Your first screenplay starts with a scene.
So does finishing the one you’ve already started.

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For macOS 13.0+ · Apple Silicon & Intel