You'll get a lot of pushback in this subreddit, but this group is not an accurate sampling of the business. 95% of all Hollywood productions use Final Draft. Explain that you'll buy FadeInPro or WriterDuet if they can't offer you the deal.įinal Draft is the industry leader in screenwriting software. If you can't find a $99 deal, call Final Draft and ask them for one. You can buy Final Draft 10 for much less if you look for a deal. Still, I don't regret buying FD 10 anymore than I regret having bought a guitar as a teenager, or like picking a slightly more expensive laptop to replace my broken desktop. The program did spontaneously shut down on me once or twice, but if you're coming from Word you probably save things compulsively. I've also encountered glitches where everything gets CAPS LOCKED AND YOU CAN'T TYPE LOWERCASE REGARDLESS OF SELECTING THE "ACTION" FORMAT (OR BY CLICKING THE "CAPSLOCK" BUTTON). You can do all those things once you've figured it out, but IMO it could be much simpler (like, how come you can't just unclick "title page" to go back to the script part of your script? Or click "normal view," or "scene navigator" or something?")
Namely: Editing the title page, navigating between open docs within the program, pulling your beat board up alongside the script. I definitely write more, and I don't feel like I'm bullshitting people I say I write screenplays.ĭrawbacks: Some functions of FD are totally counter-intuitive. Before hand I'd been manually converting word docs to screenplay format. WIKI: FAQS & FORMATTING INFO AND RESOURCESġ - Do not personally attack fellow redditors respect privacy, be encouraging, use your manners.Ģ - Screenplays MUST be properly formatted/Do not post your film without the screenplay.ģ - Provide Descriptive/Informative Titles for Postsĥ - Complaints Re: Paid Feedback Must Include Script and EvaluationsĦ - Don't post spam, personal blogs, unapproved self-promotion.Ĩ - Playlists, Memes Etc in Weekly Threads Onlyĩ - Posts Made by ( u/deleted) Accounts are Subject to Removalġ0 - No Contest, Coverage or Service Advertisingġ1 - No Socks, Trolls or Shitposting or Off-Topic Postsġ4 - Lacking Research/Low Value/Low Effort