Zhura provides online an industry-strength screenwriting editor that performs all the essential features writers need. Standard tab and enter shortcuts, auto-complete and script summaries make writing fast and efficient. The Zhura editor also allows members to create scripts in the most popular formats: Stage Play, Screenplay, Sitcom, Audio Play, and Comic Book (as well as the ability to switch between them). All this is available on any computer without the need to download any software.

Feature films, short films, and television drama. This is the most recognizable script format and the one with which most of you are probably familiar. Learn more about the Screenplay Elements.

Sitcom is similar to screenplay in both style and standardization. Sitcom format is also known as the "multi-camera" format, since most sitcoms are filmed on a set with multiple cameras covering all the action. Learn more about the Sitcom Elements.

There are many variations on the proper format for playwriting, and we have modeled ours from multiple sources. We've also included the traditional pages for a scene synopsis and cast of characters. Learn more about the Stage Play Elements.

With the recent resurgence of the medium through podcasting, we've had many requests to include this script format, which is based on the old radio drama scripts that organized elements into a series of sound cues. Learn more about the Audio Play Elements.

The script style for comics often varies for each writer/artist team. Some writers like Alan Moore use the "plot-art-dialogue" method, very prose-like. But most writers employ a "full script" style for their work. Scripts are broken into "Pages" which are typically broken into "Panels", but from there you are free to do anything. Learn more about the Comic Book Elements.

Zhura provides auto-formatting shortcuts common in popular screenwriting software. Automatic formatting is achieved when you press TAB or ENTER after writing a line. This will set up the next line as a new element -- an element which would typically follow the previous one. For example, after writing a character's name, you would then write either dialogue or a parenthetical. The TAB and ENTER shortcuts would give you those two options.

An AUTO-COMPLETE MENU will appear when you start typing the TIME OF DAY (DAY, LATER, etc.) as well as TRANSITIONS. You do not need to choose only from the menu. You can write any time of day or transition you'd like. This menu will also offer you the previously established CHARACTERS and SCENE HEADINGS. When you enter a new character or scene heading, the editor will remember. The editor can also automatically fill in ACT and SCENE numbers in sequence, mostly for use in STAGE PLAYS, and COMIC BOOK panel/page count.

Each time the document is SAVED a new REVISION is created. See a sampling of the CHANGES for each revision with authorship, or see a full view of all changes in the context of the script. On the REVISIONS page, you can select two revisions and COMPARE the changes made in an earlier draft to the current one. Review the changes to see highlighted text showing additions while struck-through text indicates that which was deleted.

VERSION CONTROL lets you select and revert to any previous revision making it the new version. If you revert the script to an earlier revision, let's say from the current revision #45 to earlier revision #32, the new current revision will be #46. This means that all the changes made between #32 and #45 will remain archived on the revision page.

Zhura allows members to collaborate through the most advanced editing software available online. With a simple point-and-click, members can simultaneously edit scripts, leave notes, comments. Our "highlight authorship" and "revision history" features allows anyone with access to the script to review who wrote what and when.

By far the most powerful feature in the Zhura editor is the ability for two or more members to collaborate on the same script at the same time. Simultaneous editing is not without its little hazards. That's why we've provided a CHAT WINDOW above the script for you to tell the other editors where and what you are working on within the document. All the messages in the chat window are saved with the script so you can go back and find out who was writing what.

If you don't coordinate your efforts somehow while editing the same line or paragraph, you may run into a few pop-up messages. If someone was editing the same part of the document you were editing, but saves the changes before you do then you will be prompted to "copy" the text you entered and try again.

Zhura is home to an active global community of screenwriters. Members can meet other writers, share their scripts, ideas, videos, provide comments and feedback as well as enter into discussions on any aspect of the process. Zhura provides an opportunity for writers all over to support each other in their creative endeavors.

Download and save any script as a TEXT FILE. Select "Download as Text" from the script's FILE menu and you will get a pop-up window with options to save with or without "layout". Enabling layout preserves the script formatting in the text file, disabling layout will make each line of text flush against the left margin of the text file. You may want to use this option if you'd like to import your script into desktop screenwriting applications like Final Draft.

If you have a script in Rich-Text (.rtf), a document written in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), or a screenplay in OpenOffice (.odt), as a PRO member, you can import them directly into the Zhura editor. You also have the option to export your Zhura scripts to any of these formats.

Download and save any script as a Portable Document Format (PDF). Select "Download as PDF" from the script's FILE menu and you will get a pop-up window with additional PDF options you may enable, including a title page. The PDF options you see will vary by format (Add a character/scene page in a Stage Play; numerate cues in an Audio Play, etc).

There is no imposed limit on the number of scripts you can write on Zhura. There's no reason why you can't start writing new scripts as the ideas come to you. Put them aside to work on anywhere whenever you want - the convenience of storing your work online.

Zhura members can create both open and moderated groups around any theme or area of interest. Open Groups are available for all to join, whereas Moderated Groups are joined by invite or request. Within the group, members have access to all of Zhura's community and advanced script writing software. With an area dedicated to groups, members can browse for one that meets their interest.

PRO members have the ability to create Private Groups which are not viewable by anyone other than those invited to the group. Working on a school project, or the next great American blockbuster? You can use Zhura to collaborate with your colleagues in private.

Zhura is the first screenwriting software in the industry to offer a completely seamless online/offline feature using Google Gears. Through advanced database management software, we are able to keep an up-to-date copy of your 30 most recently edited scripts both online and on your computer. If you don't have access to the Internet, you can open and edit your scripts as much as you like. Or if you are editing online and suddenly lose your connection, you can continue working. Whenever you reconnect to the Zhura site, your scripts will be automatically updated.