Join the beta and create your account
Request access from the beta page. You will get a confirmation email when your request is received. When a seat opens, your invite arrives by email with a personal invite link.
1. Open the invite link. The login page switches to Create password with your email already filled in.
2. Enter your name and choose a password of at least 10 characters. Press Generate password for a strong one, tick Show to see it, and save it in your password manager before continuing.
3. Press Create account. You are signed in and taken to the writing surface.
Already have an account? Go to the login page, enter your email and password, and press Continue.
The writing surface at a glance
When you open the app you land in the Write view: a screenplay page in the middle, scenes on the left, and reference lists on the right.
Top bar: switch between Write, Draft Desk, and The Table; start a New screenplay; Open an INTX file; Save INTX; open Commands (⌘K / Ctrl+K); toggle Dark mode; toggle Focus mode.
The page: where you write. Screenplay formatting is built in.
Scenes rail, left: every scene heading in order. Click one to jump there.
Inspector, right: collapsible sections for Characters, Locations, Props, Script Report, Script Map, Pages, and Import Health. These are reference lists the app builds from your pages; you never have to fill them in.
Almost everything in INT.EXT can be reached from the command menu: press ⌘K (Ctrl+K), type a few letters, and press Enter. If you only learn one shortcut, learn that one.
Starting a project
Three ways to begin, all in the top bar or the command menu:
- New Screenplay: a blank local draft. The arrow beside New, or the commands New Feature Screenplay and New Short Film, starts with the right working title. Both are film screenplays, which is all INT.EXT writes.
- Open INTX: continue from a
.intxproject file you own. - Import FDX / Import Fountain: bring a script in from another tool. See Importing FDX and Fountain.
Your first save
INT.EXT continuously keeps a recovery draft in your browser while you type; you will see a small "Recovery" timestamp near the save button. That protects you against a closed tab, but it lives only in this browser on this machine.
To own your work, press Save INTX. That downloads a .intx project file: the canonical copy of your screenplay, including your title page, notes, drafts, and The Table. Save it wherever you keep your writing. To continue later, press Open and choose the file, or rely on the recovery draft if you are on the same browser.
Read more in Your files and recovery.
Coming from Final Draft or Fountain?
Import your script and keep writing: see Importing FDX and Fountain.