Story Architect (.starc) → Final Draft FDXML (.fdxml)

Pro Rescuing a script out of Story Architect (.starc) is the Pro part — from there it converts to Final Draft FDXML (.fdxml) and every other format on the site. The button below opens the converter with the output format already selected, and the server checks your plan when the file is dropped in.

Run this conversion

Convert Story Architect (.starc) → Final Draft FDXML (.fdxml)

Opens the homepage converter with Final Draft FDXML already selected as the output — drop your file, press Convert Script.

What survives this conversion

the full screenplay text with scene headings, action, dialogue, parentheticals, shots and transitions
act, sequence and beat structure wrappers
the project’s dictionaries and settings stay in the file (we convert the screenplay text)

What can be lost

same as FDX

Every conversion includes an honest report listing anything that could not translate — you see it before downloading.

How this pair works

Your Story Architect file is parsed into a canonical screenplay model (by verified content, not just the file extension), then rendered as Final Draft FDXML. Final Draft FDXML background: Final Draft emits the same XML vocabulary under .fdxml in some workflows; we accept both. (No separate specification exists — treat .fdxml as FDX under another name.)