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« on: July 14, 2008, 11:35:25 PM »
Final Draft is the industry standard.. It's professional screenwriting software, which means it costs money. It's rumoured that some studios won't even look in your script's general direction if it's not in .fdr format.
I won Final Draft 6 in TGSNT (back in 2005) and have since upgraded to v7. It took me a long time to get familiar with the program but once you know your way around it, it's great. It does everything you need and a whole lot of stuff you might never use. I find it relatively simple to organise a standard project in Final Draft nowadays but I still have trouble figuring out or learning the stuff I'm not familiar with.

Final Draft's complexity and user unfriendliness is frustrating when you're learning alone, but those who do know the program swear by it.
If you're new to writing screenplays, I wouldn't bother with Final Draft just yet. In fact, once you get familiar with screenwriting in free software like Celtx (which exports to .fdr compatible formats anyway), you may never even need it.

http://www.finaldraft.com/
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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2008, 10:53:46 AM »
What exactly does this do that Celtx doesn't, or even what does it do better?

I write a lot of scripts, so I'm trying to figure out why I should spend money on this as opposed to sticking with the free software? "The industry standard" does nothing for me.

(I mean all of this in genuine curiosity, I'm not trying to challenge you or anything)
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2008, 04:30:40 PM »
What's the difference between this and say... Microsoft word? Is it only in scripting format?
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« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2008, 01:54:20 PM »
I find it kanda funny that .fdr is "dull" in Sarus. sorry for spitting out some random thing when there's a serious discussion going on. Carry on.
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« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2008, 07:03:07 PM »
haha that's kinda funny.. perhaps somewhat apt too Grin
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« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2009, 08:57:52 AM »
Hey Chluaid (or anyone), I'm curious about the CollaboWriter application, have you tried it out? What did you think of it?
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