Scene Notes to Fountain exports your ordered scene outline

Name: Scene Notes to Fountain
Author: theluckystrike

Turn scene notes from one folder into a new Fountain outline.

Install in Obsidian

Directory page Source on GitHub

MIT · no telemetry · core features free

The export window lists scene notes with selection switches. — Open larger

version: 1.1.0
released: 2026-10-21
downloads: 20
review: Passed
health: Excellent
license: MIT
listed for: Desktop, Mobile
obsidian: 1.13.4 or later

The directory takes these platforms from the plugin manifest. The automated tests run in the desktop app only.

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About Scene Notes to Fountain

You plan scenes in separate notes and need an ordered Fountain outline.

Keep one note per scene in a folder, then select and order the notes for export. The plugin previews headings and synopses before creating a new Fountain file.

The export window opens on four scene notes, shows the preview, moves the vault scene up and saves a new Fountain file

Free features

Select the notes of one folder

Choose a folder and switch individual Markdown notes on or off. The list includes notes directly in that folder, sorted naturally by file name.

Set the order with Move up and Move down

Use the buttons to set the scene order without changing your notes. Changing the selection or order disables Save until you preview again.

Scene headings and synopses from properties

Text properties slugline and synopsis supply the outline. Missing values fall back to the file name and first plain paragraph.

Checks before save

The plugin rejects unsupported property types and text that Fountain would hide or reinterpret. Save reads the notes again and rejects a stale preview.

Pro features

Pro costs $5 a month or $15 one time through GitHub Sponsors. One sponsorship turns on Pro in every plugin that has it.

Saved mappings, output settings and note groups Pro

Save property names, output settings and selected note groups with their order. Export saved groups creates a separate new Fountain file for each group.

See how Pro works

Set up Scene Notes to Fountain

needs

Obsidian 1.13.4 or later

steps

Put one note per scene in a folder, with text properties slugline and synopsis if needed.
Open a scene note and run Export notes to a .fountain outline.
Check the folder and switch unwanted notes off.
Set the order with Move up and Move down, then select Preview.
Correct reported errors, preview again and select Save.

If the app can't find a new plugin yet, try again later. Obsidian says a plugin that passes the review shows in the app within 24 hours.

How to export scene notes to a Fountain outline

Known limits of Scene Notes to Fountain

The export list excludes notes in subfolders.
This version orders notes with buttons and has no drag and drop.
The output was not tested in a screenplay app.
A phone or tablet was not tested.

Questions about Scene Notes to Fountain

Does export overwrite my notes or outline?

It reads your notes and creates a new file. If the requested output path exists, it adds a number to the file name.

Can it include notes from subfolders?

The window lists notes directly in the chosen folder. Notes in subfolders are outside this version’s export list.

Why does a synopsis with a wikilink fail?

Fountain treats those brackets as hidden note syntax. Remove the brackets or supply suitable text in the synopsis property.

Network use

Before you select Sign in with GitHub, the plugin makes no network requests. Sign-in sends its client ID, the read:user scope and device-flow data to github.com, then sends an authenticated sponsorship query to api.github.com. Checks reuse success for 7 days, retry failures after 6 hours or run on Refresh; they send no vault data.

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