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Mr. Wryly
A simple screenwriter
with a terrible name
Tryin' to screenwrite on a phone. Ha!
A simple screenwriter
with a terrible name
Tryin' to screenwrite on a phone. Ha!
These files are stored in this browser, but don't think of this as permanent storage. They may disappear if you reset your browser.Use Save a Copy to keep your own .fountain backups.
A simple screenwriter with a terrible name
Mr. Wryly is built for writing screenplays in your browser. It's totally free. You can choose to save your work locally or connect to Google Drive for automatic cloud backup. 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.
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.
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 tracks your scene count, characters, and locations. Click any of those numbers to open a full panel — you can rename characters and locations globally, and export a scene breakdown as a CSV.
Tip: Click "Characters" in the Stats panel to globally change the name of a character throughout the script.
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 a Copy and replace it yourself.
Scripts shows all your scripts. You can switch between them, delete old ones, or save a backup copy from there. Without Cloud Backup, scripts are stored only in your browser's limited storage space, which you should think of as temporary. With Cloud Backup on, scripts are backed up to Google Drive automatically and can be restored on other devices.
Cloud Backup saves your work to Google Drive so it's safe even if your local browser storage is cleared. It's optional and free. You just need a Google Account.
Once connected to Google (click the cloud icon in the top right corner), Mr. Wryly saves your work to the cloud as you write, along with all the snapshot history.
If you use Mr. Wryly on multiple devices, Cloud Backup helps you pick up on one where you left off on another.
Use Save a Copy to keep a .fountain file on your computer. Mr. Wryly autosaves in your browser and optionally to Cloud Backup, but having your own .fountain file gives you a portable copy that works with any Fountain-compatible tool.
Snapshots are saved versions of your script that you can browse and restore. Mr. Wryly creates them automatically when you take big actions you might want to roll back, or just if it's been a while since your last snapshot. You can also create one yourself with Add Now in the Snapshots panel.
Without Cloud Backup, snapshots are stored in your browser with a limit of 10 per script and 60 total. With Cloud Backup on, you get unlimited snapshots.
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.
Focus hides the side panels so you can concentrate on just your writing.
Here you can adjust some things that affect the writing experience. You can hide scene numbers, and turn on some ambient noise to help you concentrate. Personally, I use the brown noise.
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. When you download the PDF, page breaks and layout may differ slightly from the preview.
The Settings panel has options like turning off typewriter scrolling, automatic CONT'D, name and location autocomplete, and lets you set other defaults.
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, and so on. Maybe some day.
Mr. Wryly was built by David Friedman with help from Claude.
Fountain format was created by John August and Stu Maschwitz. Fountain parsing uses fountain-js by Jonny Greenwald (based on the original by Matt Daly), MIT licensed.
Courier Prime by Quote-Unquote Apps and DM Sans by Colophon Foundry are both served via Google Fonts under the SIL Open Font License.
Mr. Wryly doesn't collect personal information, doesn't have accounts, and doesn't send your scripts anywhere — unless you choose to turn on Cloud Backup, in which case your work is stored in your own Google Drive. For more, read the full Privacy Policy.
Found a bug or have feedback? Email david@ironicsans.com.