Markdown (.md)
Screenplays as plain Markdown — readable everywhere, diffable in git, convertible to every format here.
Format facts
- Created
- 2004
- Created by
- John Gruber
- Status
- Current — in active use
- Reference
- Gruber’s original spec ↗
What it carries
- front-matter titles, headings, emphasis and structure
What it can't represent
- screenplay-specific structure is inferred (headings, cue conventions)
Where it came from
Markdown (2004, John Gruber) became the lingua franca of plain-text formatting on the web — GitHub, Reddit, and half the writing apps on earth speak it.