Final Draft 6 Review

Ever have an idea that you think would make a great movie or television program? Want to write it down like a professional easily and quickly? Then the Final Draft software is for you. I’m a publisher and its my job to keep my writers busy creating scripts, stories and songs. I want their time to be spent creatively...not hitting space bars and tabs, counting lines and indentations.

All writing for film and TV has evolved into standard formats ... that way anyone reading a script can easily get the story, budget the project, and plan shots. Even if you know the formats, it takes a great deal of effort to do so manually.
In the last decade, as personal computers became affordable and popular, one software program has honed in on exactly this need. Its called Final Draft. –Randy Nauert

For me, the best thing about Final Draft is the way the writer’s needs are anticipated. This is obviously a program that has benefited from the input of lots of experienced writers who need to spend their time writing instead of typing. The short cuts are indispensable, especially with those unforgiving deadlines that wait for no writer. We can track easily the color-coded revisions that used to get mixed-up, see the flow of our scenes on instant index cards, or go back and change a character’s name with a few keystrokes. Honestly, at this point, I think I’d be lost without Final Draft.

But it may be most valuable for the first-time screenwriter who is scared and confused enough without having to wade through a swamp of technical problems. Final Draft takes care of all that. Whether you’re a waitress or a wheat farmer, Final Draft will give you a professionally formatted script-the first step toward getting the attention of those who may buy it. A new writer simply cannot afford to submit a script that looks amateurish. A great story might be unceremoniously dumped in the trash. I'd recommend Final Draft to anybody.