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A WRITING STUDIO

The best writing partner
you'll ever have

A writing studio built around Penn, a partner grounded in craft and tuned to how you write. From blank page to finished draft. Every word stays yours.

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This is the studio: Penn reads as you write and leaves real notes in the margin. Then you decide.

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Built by writers and filmmakers Built on a craft library of 91 screenplay analyses Your work stays yours, never used for training
Within the rules

The WGA and the Academy drew the line at AI authorship.
Better Draft lives on the human side of it.

Penn is a partner, not a ghostwriter. It reads your pages and leaves honest notes in the margin, but it never writes your draft. Your script stays human-authored from FADE IN to FADE OUT, and we never train on your work.

Why not just Final Draft?

The old software formats your script.
It has never once helped you write it.

Final Draft was built for one job: margins. That mattered when formatting was hard. It has been solved for twenty years. What still isn't solved is finishing, and a formatter has watched a million scripts die on page 32 without saying a word.

TO THE OLD HEADS

You know the craft. You're missing the room.

You don't need a tool to teach you sluglines. What you don't have at 11 PM is a second set of eyes. Penn leaves specific, honest notes in your margins as you write, and never writes a word of your script, so the work stays on the human side of the line the Guild drew. Keep your process. Add the partner.

TO THE NEW GENERATION

Not a shortcut. A better way to learn the craft.

The old software leaves you alone with a blank page. Penn asks the questions a mentor would, and shows you how 91 great screenplays solved the problem you're stuck on. You write every word, which is exactly why you get better.

Formatting is in here too, obviously. It's the least interesting thing we do.

How It Works

1

Put pages on the desk

Paste the scene that's been fighting you, or plan fresh on the Blueprint. Penn reads your pages and leaves a note in the margin within the minute.

2

Build it in rooms

Beats on the Blueprint, scenes on the Wall, truth in the Bible, arguments in the Office. One studio, a room for every job.

3

Finish it

Write scene by scene with Penn in the margins. Hear it performed in a table read. Run coverage and a budget when it's ready to face the world.

Everything you need to write your screenplay

Professional-grade tools built around how screenwriters actually work.

01

Writes in your voice

Upload your work and Penn learns your rhythms, your instincts, your craft choices. Notes calibrated to how you write, not how a chatbot writes.

02

Story development

Break a logline into acts, develop character arcs, map out sequences. The structural work that separates a concept from a script.

03

Scene writing & rewriting

Draft a scene, get notes, revise, refine. The same loop you'd run with a trusted collaborator.

04

Script analysis & notes

Honest feedback on structure, pacing, dialogue, and character. Not generic praise.

05

Craft library

Craft analyses of 91 acclaimed screenplays. See how the masters did it, then apply it to your pages.

06

Idea to final draft

First spark to polished screenplay in one place: concept, outline, treatment, draft, rewrite, done.

Who it's for

Better Draft works for every kind of writer, wherever you are in the process.

FOR THE ASPIRING

Aspiring screenwriters

You have the ideas but want guidance on structure, format, and craft. Penn is like having a mentor and a writing room in one, helping you learn by doing.

FOR THE FILMMAKER

Filmmakers writing their own scripts

You know the story you want to shoot but the blank page is the bottleneck. Penn helps you get from vision to draft faster without losing your voice in the process.

FOR THE WORKING

Working writers on deadline

You need a fast, sharp collaborator to help punch up dialogue, rework a scene that isn't landing, or generate variations when you're stuck.

Why we built Better Draft

You have an idea you can't shake. And every time you sit down to get it out, the blank page stares back and wins. Later becomes never. The idea quietly fades.

We are writers and filmmakers, and we have lived that. What always saved us was having someone in the room. Most people never get that partner. So we built one.

Penn helps you get unstuck, sharpen your craft, and actually finish, while every word and all of your IP stays yours. You are the author. You always will be. Come prove us right: we think your story is better than most of what is out there.

Better Draft on mobile

The studio lives on your laptop. Your ideas don't keep office hours.

Play the daily story game to stretch your instincts, and capture ideas the moment they hit. Penn keeps everything ready for your next session at the desk.

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The studio, on your desk.

Better Draft is now a native Mac app. Signed and notarized by Apple.

Your scripts live on your machine as real files, the studio opens in a second, and your work is there even when the wifi is not. Same account, same Penn, same coverage.

Download for Mac

Free with your account · Apple Silicon and Intel · macOS 12+

LAUNCH PRICING

Launch pricing: locked for 12 months

Get in early and lock in these rates for a full year. Help shape the tool from the ground up. Your feedback builds what comes next.

Student

.edu exclusive
$12/mo
$9/mo billed annually ($108/yr)
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  • ✓150 credits/month
  • ✓Full Penn writing partner
  • ✓Standard coverage notes
  • ✓1 table read/month
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Writer

$35/mo after Sept 30
$16/mo
$11/mo billed annually ($132/yr)
LOCKED 12 MONTHS
  • ✓120 credits/month
  • ✓Full Penn writing and development
  • ✓Coverage notes and Craft Library
  • ✓Export (PDF, Fountain, FDX)
  • ✓2 active projects
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Studio

$69/mo after Sept 30
$32/mo
$22/mo billed annually ($264/yr)
LOCKED 12 MONTHS
  • ✓300 credits/month
  • ✓Everything in Writer, plus:
  • ✓Full script coverage and production budget
  • ✓Table Read, hear it performed aloud
  • ✓5 active projects
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Pro

$139/mo after Sept 30
$65/mo
$45/mo billed annually ($540/yr)
LOCKED 12 MONTHS
  • ✓650 credits/month
  • ✓Everything in Studio, plus:
  • ✓Unlimited active projects
  • ✓Priority support and early access
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Launch pricing ends September 30, 2026.

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Penn is your creative partner from first idea to final draft.
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