Learn the Basics: How to Write a Script Using Final Draft Screenwriting Software
FREE WEBINAR
Tuesday, August 11th
What you'll learn
- Learn how to get your first pages of your script written and formatted correctly using Final Draft 13 and Final Draft Cloud
- Understand "Industry Standard" formatting and how Final Draft maintains it
- Learn how to type and format fast, and customize Final Draft to help you write at lightning speed
- Get tips on moving a project into Final Draft, even non-scripts like novels
- Learn how to organize your files and keep them safe in Final Draft
- Live Q&A
- Hosted by Final Draft's head of Customer Success, Alex Switzky
About this webinar
You've had a great idea for a movie or TV show, and know you can write a dynamite script. You've signed up for Final Draft, opened up your first page, and...now what? What's an "element?" You know screenplay formatting is important, but how do you do it? How can you make sure you're not messing up before you've even started?
Join Final Draft's head of Customer Success for a crash course on all the basics you'll need to get your script on the page and know it's formatted correctly. Then, learn some tips and tricks to make the world's leading screenwriting software into a lifetime tool for your writing journey, from page one all the way to the final fade out. Finally, there will be a live Q&A to help make sure you can dive into your script worry-free and ready to write.
About Alex Switzky
Alex Switzky
Head of Customer Success, Final Draft
Alex Switzky has been with Final Draft for over five years and has helped thousands of writers get the most out of Final Draft.
Before joining Final Draft, Alex worked as the head of Creative Success for Dream Reach Media, as Development Coordinator for Adam Wingard’s production company Montauk Chair Productions, writer for Parcast podcasting, and held innumerable freelance gigs. He has over twenty years of writing experience and still works as a freelance writer and writing coach.
He started his first script on his Dad’s copy of Final Draft 5 when he was 12 years old. The script was very bad, but he's improved since.
About Final Draft
https://www.finaldraft.com/products/final-draft-cloud
Used by both aspiring writers and professionals alike, Final Draft formats your screenplay to entertainment industry standard so you can focus on what you do best - writing. Final Draft recently launched Final Draft Suite, a subscription that includes the fully-featured Final Draft 13 desktop app and the brand new Final Draft Cloud browser app for writing on the go. New to Final Draft? Click the above link to sign up for your five day free trial, and be ready to follow along with the webinar!
About John Trefry and Ramfis Myrthil
John Trefry and Ramfis Myrthil are award-winning producers with deep experience helping filmmakers move projects from script to screen across short films, features, television, festivals, and distribution. John is the founder of 4WT Media, where he has produced work across film, television, documentary, and branded content, with projects screening at more than 100 festivals worldwide, including SXSW, Tribeca, and Raindance. He recently served as Co-Executive Producer on My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders for Paramount+. Ramfis is the founder of Ramfis Productions, with credits including Cicada, acquired by Strand Releasing, and A Boy, A Girl, and A Dream, acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films. He also helped guide Ricky from Sundance short to Sundance feature to theatrical distribution, reflecting the exact short-to-feature pathway this mentorship is designed to support. Together, John and Ramfis help filmmakers turn standout short scripts into production-ready film packages with the strategy, clarity, and execution needed to create opportunities beyond the page.
About Final Draft’s Big Break Contest
If you’ve already written your first screenplay you are probably very familiar with Final Draft, the number-one selling screenwriting software on the planet. Used by both aspiring writers and professionals alike, Final Draft formats your screenplay to entertainment industry standards so you can focus on what you do best - writing. The Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest is one of the most respected in the business, with past winners going on to be repped by big agencies and managers and see their scripts optioned and sold.