Yeah, there’s a free piece of software out there called Celtx which has an advantage in that you can write scripts, but it’s also designed for the production. So did you use a different piece of software to write scripts for films? I think that’s where I first heard about it too, a couple of years ago.

And I got it and just started learning everything I could about the program-because it’s incredibly powerful. Bolger, he said “Why don’t you turn your scripts into books and self-publish them, and gain an audience that way? And then that could lead to turning them back into movies down the line.” And so then I began writing, and he turned me onto The Self-Publishing Podcast and that’s where I first heard about Scrivener. You can work on crews, but nobody wants you to direct a film unless you’ve already directed a film – it’s that weird catch 22.Īnd so after trying that for a long time, one of my best friends, another author named Zach Bolger who writes under the name Z.C.

I worked as a freelance filmmaker for a while, wanted to get into writing and directing, so I was writing scripts and so on, and had never really heard of Scrivener.Īnd so it’s very, very hard to get into the film industry, especially as a director. It was a weird journey from filmmaking to writing. You have a background as a film writer and director, right? So today we’re going to talk a little bit about the creative writing process with Scrivener. And I also just found out that you host two podcasts: The Story Telling Podcast and The Film Geeks Podcast. So just as a brief introduction before we get into the interview, Garrett is an independent film maker and the author of Rebel Yell a novel about rock ’n’ roll as well as Nightblade an epic fantasy series. In this interview, we also talk about the importance of the physical world in his work and his favorite book/series: Lord of the Rings.

As a screenwriter and filmmaker, Scrivener plays a key role in his process, but he uses many other tools to complement the organizational power of Scrivener. This depth of experience gives Garrett a unique perspective on Scrivener. He recently joined the team at Sterling & Stone full-time to become Legendary-the name of the new imprint Garrett leads. Garrrett Robinson is a novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker.

Midrealm by Garrett Robinson