Plan the season
Give each episode its own space on the season board. Add summary cards for the big turns, then open an episode to break it down.
Story planning for TV and film
A corkboard for breaking stories
Break a film or TV story beat by beat, or plan a whole season of TV. Move cards around on the board until the story makes sense.
Corkly is built for individual writers and professional TV and film writing teams.
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Built by a TV writer whose work includes It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and projects for Fox, Warner Bros., Peacock, and Legendary.
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Click an episode number to go to its beat boardTeaserOpen3 beats
Act 13 beats
Act 23 beats
TeaserOpen3 beats
Act 13 beats
Act 23 beats
TeaserOpen3 beats
Act 13 beats
Act 23 beats
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102Blind spot
103Three-point turn
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Set up your whole season at once.
Choose how many episodes and acts you need, and Corkly sets up the boards for your whole season, including Characters and a scrap board. Add a teaser or tag if you use them. Click any episode on the season board to open its beats, and change the structure whenever you need to.
Break the episode
Arrange beats in acts, with a teaser and tag if you need them. Toggle between horizontal and vertical layouts to see the episode your way. Add, rename, and reorder acts as the structure changes.
Work through character arcs
Keep freeform notes on your characters or track how they change episode to episode.
Keep the ideas you might use
Drop loose beats and alternate scenes onto freeform scrap boards, as many as you want. Move them into an episode when you find a place for them.
The little things you do all day.
Moving a beat, finding a line, taking a step back to see the board. Corkly keeps those things close at hand.
Write together in real time
Multiple writers can edit the same board at the same time. Changes appear instantly on each other’s screen, so you can break the story together.
Move cards around
Reorder beats, move them between boards, or stack related cards together. Select several cards to move, copy, or color them at once.
Fit the cards. Fit the text.
Work with the screen space you have. Automatically size cards to fit the board and size text to fit the cards. No large monitor required.
Fit cards to the board
Use “fit” to automatically expand/shrink cards to fit the board.
Fit text to the cards
Automatically expand/shrink text to fit cards.
You can also change card width and height, adjust text sizes, or switch to titles only.
Keep track of your thinking
Use as many colors as you like on a card and/or label it Idea, Draft, Approved, Question, or Cut. Add emphasis with rich text and bullet lists.
Find the beat you remember
Search titles and card text across the project, including Season, Characters, and scrap boards. Jump straight to a card or episode.
Move cards with the keyboard
Reposition cards without reaching for the mouse.
Stay organized
Type [[ while editing a card to link to another card. Track which beats a character appears in, connect related ideas, or use links in whatever way works for your story.
Go back to an earlier version
Changed your mind about a rewrite? Use version history to restore an earlier version of your work.
Make the board your own
Choose a theme that feels right for your writing space.
Bring the work you already have.
You can start with a blank project, load a sample show, or import an existing board.
WritersRoom Pro
Import an all-boards RTF or HTML report. Corkly also accepts TXT and FDX reports, but they're less good than the first two.
Final Draft Beat Board
Import the Beat Board from an FDX file. Its cards land on a scrap board so you can organize them in Corkly.
Take your outline with you.
Export an episode or feature outline as a formatted Word or Final Draft document, or send the whole season to Final Draft. Save a board as a PNG or PDF, or export the whole project to PDF.
FINAL DRAFT (FDX)WORDPDFPNGTXT
Download a readable TXT backup of one project or your entire account, then import it back into Corkly when you need it.
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A few things to know.
Is Corkly free?
Yes.
Can I plan a whole TV season?
Yes. A TV project has a season overview, separate episode boards with acts and beats, a Characters board, and as many scrap boards as you want.
Does it save my work?
Yes. It autosaves everything. And you can download project or account backups whenever you like.
Can other people see my projects?
Your projects are private unless you choose to share them with other writers.
Do I need a large monitor?
No. Fit cards to the available board space and text to the cards. Corkly works best on a laptop or desktop; a large monitor is optional.
Can my writing team use Corkly?
Yes. Multiple writers can edit shared boards together in real time.
Can I plan a feature-film project?
Yes.
Can I export to Final Draft?
Yes.
Does Corkly use AI to read or write my work?
No.
Does Corkly use my work to train AI models?
No.
Does Corkly sell my data?
No.
Does Corkly use marketing cookies or tracking?
No.
Got a story in mind?
Create a project and start putting it on the board.
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