January 14, 2012
By Johanna Schneller
theglobeandmail.com

Angelina Jolie’s one-woman war
If Brad Pitt needs a valentine for Angelina Jolie, I have just the idea: a bound copy of the first draft of her...

December 19, 2011
cinemawithoutborders.com
by Sam Tehrani

CWB's Top Ten products of 2011 for filmakers & film fans
Happy Holidays, film fans! Cinema Without Borders has put together a list of our Top Ten Products of 2011.

September 29, 2011
dailyiball.com
by Andy Marx

Final Draft Comes to the Mac App Store
Though the screenwriter’s position in Hollywood’s food chain hasn’t changed much over the years — studio chief Jack Warner used to call them "schmucks with Underwoods" — the technology they use sure has.

August 30, 2011
vanityfair.com
by Vanity Fair

Angelina Jolie Quashes Rumors of a Secret Wedding and Admits to Fears About Writing and Directing Her First Feature Film
It was a secret project, something she did for herself, when no one was photographing, suggesting, or looking over her shoulder.

August 5, 2011
washingtonpost.com
by Louis Bayard

Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon’s "Writing Movies for Fun and Profit"
...Nominally, it’s an instruction manual that covers everything from the best screenwriting software (Final Draft) to the correct length of a script (100 to 110 pages for a comedy, a little more for a drama) to the arcana of pitch meetings and credits and arbitration.

March 3, 2011
newyorker.com
by Dana Goodyear

Hollywood Shadows
A writer went to see Michels. "I don’t want to do this thing where you have to write it down," the writer told him. He blamed the screenwriting software Final Draft for the tedium of crafting a script.

December 29, 2010
Variety.com
by Robyn Weisman

Competition arrives for screenwriting software
Once upon a time, screenwriting was a labor-intensive vocation. And that labor was hardly confined to the age-old challenges of storytelling.

December 2010
losangelesmagazine.com

Los Angeles Magazine
"WHEN WILL THE BACKLASH begin?" Aaron Sorkin confided he’d asked The Social Network director David Fincher, to which Fincher reportedly replied, "The minute you pick up your first award." Sorkin was at the Paley Center to pick up his award from software company Final Draft at its Hall of Fame ceremony.

November 10, 2010
screenwriting-software-review.toptenreviews.com

Screenwriting Software Review
Final Draft is the industry leader of screenwriting software, used by many in show business and across the world. It's easy to use, and has powerful features to help format the script for you, giving you more time to focus on the story. It's a very popular screenwriting software program with excellent features and superb technical support, beating out Movie Magic Screenwriter and Movie Outline.

July, 2010
videomaker.com

Scriptwriting Software: Final Draft, Montage and HollyWord Review
Whether you're a first-time scriptwriter or have been doing it for longer than you can remember, there comes a time when you might feel the need to move into a more organized production, using scriptwriting software. Our associated Buyer's Guide, explains several options available in scriptwriting software.

May 6, 2010
dailytelegraph.com

Peter Hellier's guide to how to write a movie
COMEDIAN Peter Helliar - best known for Rove - started writing a film eight years ago. Today, I Love You Too is out. Here are his tips on how to do it too. Watch lot's of movies.

March 11, 2010
pasadenaweekly.com
By Carl Kozlowski

Telling tales
‘Over-performer’ Stephen J. Cannell takes over mystery book writing much the way he conquered episodic TV.

November 24, 2009
moviebytes.com

MovieBytes Interview:
Screenwriter Wyatt Wakeman
An interview with screenwriter Wyatt Wakeman regarding the Big Break™ Writing Competition.

November 11, 2009
ScreenwritersRadio.com
Monica McKinney, Host

The Screenwriters Radio Show
An excerpt from an interview with Final Draft, Inc. Director of Corportate Marketing, Alejandro Seri. Original full-length interview was featured on The Screenwriters Radio Show.

August 17, 2009
moviemaker.com
by Kyle Rupprecht

Final Draft's ScriptXpert Leads Writer to Success
Burgeoning screenwriters, take note: Utilizing Final Draft could land you a movie deal. Final Draft, Inc., publisher of Final Draft scriptwriting software, congratulates its ScriptXpert client, Jeff York, for his recent success.

July 21, 2009
greencine.com
by Craig Philips

SUMMER READING: Screenwriting in the International Marketplace
Ray Morton's article in the new issue of Script magazine (an article I believe is only available in print), called "Going Global: Screenwriting in the International Marketplace," features an interesting section...

May 21, 2009
The Baltimore Sun
By Michael Sragow

Clues to Christian Bale's on-set meltdown can be found in 'Terminator Salvation'
In a recent issue of Script magazine, writer John Brancato says, "John Connor is a much less human, warm, fuzzy character than the machine in the story."

December, 2008
eHow.com
by Henry

How to Write a Screenplay
Richard Price, the writer of “Sea of Love,” the book and screenplay for “Freedomland” and others, said that a screenplay should have “a lot of white on the page.” It’s nothing like writing a short story or novel: it’s a whole different animal.
...Get a screenwriting software program like Final Draft.

November 25, 2008
MSNBC.com
by Alonso Duralde

Safe as ‘Milk,’ and just as bland
Fiery life of gay politician boiled down to a well-acted but routine biopic
...although he’s outdone by screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who apparently clicked the “Biopic” button in his Final Draft software and then just filled in the names.

August, 2008
Writers Digest
by Christina Hamlett

Script Rules
Correctly formatting your script can be the difference between getting it read and getting it pitched. Here's the lowdown on using good form. The correct font for screenplaysis courier Final Draft or courier new 12 pt.

July 3, 2008
Backstage.com
by Wayne Melton

Scripting the Dream
How screenwriters use pitchfests to sell their ideas -- in mere minutes
Each festival has its own modus operandi. The American Film Institute hosts two pitch events, although, unlike most, they are not open to everyone. Many events are put on by companies that cater to screenwriters. Final Draft offers Take a Meeting, held in Los Angeles and New York, as part of its Scriptwriters Showcase.

May 12, 2008
Los Angeles Times
by Jay A. Fernandez, Special to The Times

Charter school students' final project: Write a screenplay Some seniors at Camino Nuevo's high school are screenwriters in training.
A grant proposal Cook sent to Final Draft early on resulted in hundreds of donated units of its popular screenwriting software, which were uploaded onto laptops issued by the school. Ever since, the kids have been tapping away at their stories...

May 1, 2008
Los Angeles Times
by Kenneth Turan

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Iron Man'
It has primo parts, but they don't all come together.
As an article in Script magazine details, they happily toiled without meeting on separate-but-equal versions of the script...

Just Add Words
SCRIPTED: Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody among fans of Calabasas firm's creative software
CALABASAS - At Final Draft Inc., the company motto is "Just add words." Diablo Cody did - going on to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the movie "Juno."

November 4, 2007
The New York Times
By Bruce Weber

Prodigal Returns, Bearing Dialogue
... This was in 2004, around Christmastime. Mr. Sorkin was visiting New York, and possibly inspired by that, he was thinking he wanted to write a play...

November 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times
By Kenneth Turan

'American Gangster' has it -- just look at the title -- and pulls it off with verve.
... once you see this finely made and richly satisfying film, you understand it's the only title possible.

October 18, 2007
Los Angeles Times
By Rob Long

To noodle or not to noodle
Striking writers can't write.
Isn't that business as usual?
When I think of writing, that's pretty much what comes to mind: sitting around, drinking a pumpkin latte and checking my e-mail every seven seconds. And my question is, if there's a strike, am I still allowed to do that?

February 6, 2007
Los Angeles Times
By Joel Stein

The Myth of the Idiot TV Exec
Writers love to think that it's the suits who ruin television, even if it isn't true.
I had always read that it was because clueless studio executives take good scripts and screw them up.But it turns out that’s not why television shows are almost always awful.