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What I learned from a year of Highland Pro

April 22, 2026 Apps, Follow Up, Highland

One year ago, we launched Highland Pro. I was confident in the app itself, having put it through its paces over its multi-year development journey. I’d written dozens of scripts and novels in Highland over the years, and knew that Highland Pro was the best version we’d ever made. Our beta testers loved it, too. […]

How I use Highland Fling

March 20, 2026 Apps, Highland

Fling is a brand new feature for Highland Pro that addresses a long-simmering frustration: getting feedback on what you’ve written. Whenever I finish a draft, I want to give it to some trusted people to read — both for comments and general proofreading. In the old days, that generally meant printing and handing it to […]

Design Dilemma: Any vs. All

July 10, 2025 Apps, Projects

It wasn’t the code. It wasn’t the layout. Birdigo’s issue came down to a single misunderstanding that revealed exciting possibilities.

Featured Friday: Writers

March 7, 2025 Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we celebrate the release of Highland Pro with stories about the exhilarating stress and satisfaction of being a writer. Our collection includes: 30 Rock – “Tracy Does Conan” by Tina Fey Adaptation by Charlie […]

Introducing Highland Pro

March 4, 2025 Apps, Highland, News

Today, we’re launching Highland Pro. It’s the next generation of our flagship screenwriting app, now available on Mac, iPad and iPhone. Here’s a video I made about it. With Highland Pro, our mission is to keep you focused on your work. From its clean interface to innovative features like the shelf and /lookup, Highland is […]

Featured Friday: Puzzle Boxes

February 28, 2025 Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we look at puzzle box series to see how they craft their mind-bending mysteries, use their unknowns to heighten character drama, and structure clues to keep the audience dying to know what the hell […]

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