Write a stage play by voice

A play is voices in a room, so writing one by voice makes sense. A Stage play project lays out your acts, scenes, dialogue, and stage directions in proper theatrical format while you build them by talking.

Start a Stage play project

Create a project and choose Stage play. The workspace formats what you dictate for the stage, character names, dialogue, and directions set the way a script should read.

The Format control at the top of the editor sets the theatrical layout: centered character cues and act/scene headings, full-width dialogue, and italic stage directions. Pick the centered-cues look (the Dramatists Guild style most plays are submitted in) or the indented-cues look; both are proper theatrical formats. It's a non-destructive layout choice, so you can switch anytime without rewriting a word.

Talk your scenes into being

Describe a scene, who's on stage, what they want, what they say, and MakeVox lays it into the script. Then talk any scene through to rework the dialogue and beats until it plays.

Hear it read

Dialogue is meant to be heard. Use Table Read to hear the scene performed with a different voice per character, so you catch the lines that don't sound like a person actually talking.

Export your play

When it's ready, the Export menu takes the whole script out as a theatre-formatted PDF, an .fdx file that opens in professional screenwriting software in the matching stage-play format, or Fountain, each rendered in your chosen format.