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Start with what you have
One sentence is enough. A half-formed idea is enough. You do not need an outline, a treatment or a stack of index cards before you start.
Rough Draft Maker
You bring the idea.
We build the draft.
This is for anyone who has a story idea and has not been able to get a first draft written. You give us your idea. Rough Draft Maker turns it into a complete first draft, mapped out scene by scene, so you have pages in front of you to rewrite.
Free to start$97 one-time draft passScreenplays live nowYour idea stays yours
Page 1. Proper format.
Int. Diner - Night
Rain hammers the windows. MARA (40s), tired in a way sleep doesn't fix, slides into the last booth.
Mara (to herself) One more night. Then I'm done lying about who I am.The BELL over the door CHIMES. She doesn't look up. She already knows who it is.
12pt Courier. The Hollywood standard1 page ≈ 1 minute
Format
Readers judge the page before they read a line. Wrong font, wrong margins, and the script looks amateur, however good the story is. RDMKR uses the standard format from page one.
01 · What it is
You finish with a draft, not a blank page.
RDMKR writes rough drafts for books and scripts. Screenplays are open now. Novels, memoirs, children's books, cookbooks and the rest are built on the same system and are coming later.
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Structured like a professional wrote it
We map the draft scene by scene before writing it, using the structure Matt uses in his own work. That keeps the middle from sagging and gives the ending something to build to.
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Finished, so you can rewrite
You cannot rewrite nothing. RDMKR gives you a complete draft to cut, rearrange and rewrite in your own voice.
Craft
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Matt Allen has been writing professionally for more than 25 years. Steve Smythe built that way of working into software. The story decisions come from Matt's experience. The software does the scene mapping, the writing out and the formatting.
Meet the builders →02 · How it works
Five steps, from idea to delivery
Tap a step to see what happens. It opens as a pop-up right in front of you, so nothing loads below where you are reading. You do not need to be a professional writer to use any of this.
03 · Demo
Watch an idea become a blueprint
This is a short version of steps 2 and 3. Tap any idea below and its blueprint builds in a pop-up right in front of you, scene by scene, so you can watch it appear. Nothing loads below where you are reading.
Idea → Blueprint
Tap an idea to watch its blueprint build:
Your idea
What RDMKR checks
- Who wants what, and what is in the way?
- Where does it start, turn, and end?
- What tone keeps it honest, not generic?
Blueprint: first scenes
These are sample ideas. Your blueprint is built from your idea, inside your account.
04 · What it writes
One maker. Every kind of draft.
Rough Draft Maker is not only for screenplays. Screenplays are open now. The other formats use the same blueprint system and are still being built.
Screenplays
Feature length drafts, mapped scene by scene and formatted in 12pt Courier. Ready to read and rewrite.
Novels
Full length fiction with a blueprint for each chapter. The plan covers the whole book, not only a strong opening chapter.
Children's & Chapter Books
Written at the right length for the age group, and made to be read aloud. For young readers and the adults reading with them.
Novellas
A single story at the length between a short story and a novel. No padding.
Memoirs & Autobiographies
Your life put into scenes, in order, in your voice. A draft you can then refine.
Cookbooks & Business Books
Nonfiction with a clear chapter order. Your recipes and know-how, organized so a reader can follow them.
05 · Who built it
A writer's craft. A builder's system.
RDMKR exists because one person knew how stories work, and the other knew how to turn that into software anyone could use.
The Craft · Co-founder
Matt Allen
WGA screenwriter · 25+ years · Co-writer of Four Christmases (#1 at the box office) and Soul Surfer
Matt has written produced, theatrically released films. The structure, pacing and story judgement inside RDMKR come from Matt, and from decades of professional work.
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The System · Co-founder
Steve Smythe
Software & systems builder · Hundreds of websites, stores, and custom business systems
Steve has spent his career building the technology businesses run on: websites, ecommerce and custom systems, plus the hardware underneath them. He built RDMKR so anyone with an idea could use Matt's process.
06 · Pricing
Start free.
Pay once for your draft.
There is no subscription. Open a free account, shape your idea and look at your blueprint. Buy one draft pass when you want the full manuscript.
Get Started for FreeFreeAccount
- Bring and shape your idea
- See how the blueprint works
- No card to start
$97One-time · Draft Pass
- One complete rough draft
- Full blueprint, every scene mapped
- Clean reader + PDF export
- Yours to rewrite, pitch, and finish
- 60-day money-back guarantee
Questions
Before you ask
Tap a question and the answer opens as a pop-up, right where you are.
Your move
The idea in your head deserves a draft on the page.
Bring the sentence you keep coming back to. Leave with a blueprint and a draft you can rewrite.
Get Started for FreeYour idea stays yours. No AI training on your work.