“Making it” Means Making Magic
I don’t know why you got into the business of writing, of grasping at words to explain the images in your brain, and editing within an inch of your life. For most, it’s a kind of call, a transcendent purpose. Otherwise, who would chose to subject...
Pursuing Your Passion and Paying the Rent
It’s a well-known struggle: finding a way to pursue your dreams while still managing to pay the rent. Writer Andrew Lee, winner of the Big Break Half-Hour Comedy category for his Brooklyn Nine-Nine spec, knows this tension too. Though he always wanted to be a writer,...
Big Break TV Winner Eric Buchman’s Tips on Contest Entry
Meet Eric Buchman. By day, he’s the Script Coordinator for the hit NBC show Blindspot. By night, Buchman writes his own spec scripts, and dreams of one day hiring his own Script Coordinator to run a show he has created. Now that Buchman is the TV Grand Prize Winner of...
Big Break Comedy Writer Adi Blotman Lays It Out
Adi Blotman, whose script, Realty Check, won the Final Draft Big Break Comedy/Romantic Comedy category, gets real about writing flawed characters and combining genres. Adi Blotman is no newcomer to comedy. Originally from Israel, she spent the last decade performing...
Big Break Finalist Christina Eliopolous, writer “King of Florida”
Christina Eliopolous is no stranger to the industry. After graduating from NYU, she’s worked as a copywriter, and written and directed a number of films, including some of her own, and some for a number of nonprofit organizations. “I actually learned the most about...
What's New in
Final Draft 10?
Collaborate
Write in real-time with a writing partner
Story Map™
Outline acts, scenes, and sequences
Beat Board™
Plan your script beat-by-beat
Alternate Dialogue
Store multiple lines of dialogue in the same script
Used by 95% of film and television productions.
