Andy Coughlan is a creative chap who writes and codes websites and makes the occasional film
Some of Andy's screenplays and novels
Some of Andy's films
- All in a Day's Work (2015) - Award winning short film about two hit men
- House of Donn (2008) - Short film about a father and son and reconciliation
- Secret Thought of Angels (2005) - God knows what I was thinking here
Some of Andy's musical endeavours
Some of Andy's (better) websites
- Andy's (infrequently updated) blog
- Féileacan - Andy's current film in development
- Manicgrin Media - Andy's film production company
- The New Accelerator - Lots of great Sci-Fi short stories
- 6 Acts - a screenwriting tool to build a specific style of screenplay with 6 acts
- Scribomatic - Write a screenplay using David Mamet's core rules of writing
- T-Writer - A pointless but fun typewriter emulator (with screenwriting options)
- CVeze - Create multiple versions of your CV with ease - get the job of your dreams! (Possibly - YMMV)
- Prioritiz - Task paralysis? Use this site to figure out what to do first
- 52-17 - Manage your working time effectively
- How good is my screenplay? - Does your screenplay pass the test?
Some experimental stuff of which Andy is quite proud of, even though the rest of the world paid no attention...
And some blatant money-grubbing attempts to raise funds for his films
Working on your screenplay
6 Acts is designed to create essentially screenplays with 6 intertwining story arcs. Each story arc can have up to 6 beats, and each set of beats for each arc could be considered an act. Convoluted? Yup.
To create a new screenplay, simply enter a title into the box that says 'Screenplay title' on the home page and press the Create new screenplay button.
You will be taken to the screenplay editor. This consists of three columns: arcs, beats and the draft script.
To edit the script's title, click on the title in the editor view and change it.
Each story is fixed with 6 arcs and 36 beats. Use the magnifying glass icon in the arcs section to filter the beats and screenplay for that arc.
Create your arcs and beats, and start drafting your screenplay. Be sure to refer to the help icon in the top right of each column for specific information
The home buttons take you back to a list of your screenplay projects. You can delete a project by pressing the delete button at the end of each listing bar.
When you are in the editor, you can preview your whole screenplay at any point by pressing Read script (and then the same button again to return to the editor) in the footer bar.
You can also export your script as a text file by pressing Export script in the footer bar. You can then load this file into Final Draft or a screenwriting editor of your choice.
If you have any questions or comments, please send them to hello@andycoughlan.com.