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.