![]() ![]() If my outline changes it's no longer an outline, it's merely an extension of the script and not an outline. Personally I need to separate things to write a good script. But the program is designed so that whatever you write in your outlining phase is accurately reflected in the script. I need a locked outline so I can go back and refer to it, but when I contacted Final Draft they said there was no way to unlink the two. So I finally got my outline entered into Final Draft 8 and as I start writing my information in my outline changes as I go. You need to be able to do all three in each view. So I figured I would write just fill out the outline in index card view, but alas you cannot enter scene titles in index card view so I figured I would try using just the summary cards, but there you cannot enter the scene headings! This was crazy to me. In the outliner/scene view you cannot enter your summary, you have to switch to index card view. I "imported" the outline I was already working on and by imported I mean I cut and pasted each individual story beat and then continued using FD8. Playing around with the demo I was excited, but when I upgraded for $80 I was very disappointed. They claim they took note of other programs like Scrivener and Save the Cat and others. Well now Final Draft claims to have built an ideal outlining program into their program. The text in outline mode is a little small, but I loved the notes features and the importing of html snippets and pictures and whatnot, but I didn't enjoy writing screenplays on it and to have to switch between Scrivener and Final Draft while writing was a bit of a pain so I'd ultimately end up just exporting it back to Word. But moving scenes is a bit of a pain in Word so I started to use Scrivener to outline my scripts. I've never been into the index card thing. I'm a meticulous outliner and used to outline everything in Word. It floated in 7 and I'd lose the top of my document underneath it. One of the best Mac improvements is that the menu bar is now back attached to the script document. Though there are a few school down artifacts, but I'm used to that by now and I've found them to exist in other screenwriting programs. FD8 is far less buggy and the text is now crystal clear. 7 was very buggy until the end and its text was very unclear and there were artifacts virtually every time I scrolled down. It's a great writing tool but their screenwriting feature isn't very full featured yet.I've been using Final Draft since version 1 or 2 and have always found the actual screenwriting aspect of the program great and easy to use. ![]() Scrivener ($50) has a built-in screenwriting format too. I prefer this over Celtx for some of its features but free is hard to beat. If you have a mac, check out Movie Draft SE. Many of the additional components added on since Version 5 aren't very useful for new writers who are working on spec scripts.Īs KyotoGaijin states, check out Celtx. Final Draft is a great program but you probably don't need the latest version. Before that I used Script Thing macros for MS Word in the early 90s. I've bought almost every single release since Version 1. I'm a longtime user of Final Draft and also a working screenwriter and screenwriting teacher. If you can find an older copy for cheap, Version 6 or 5 perhaps, you will probably find that it does everything you need in a screenwriting program. No Sale of Copyrighted Material or Sharing of Confidential Material Posts Made by ( u/deleted) Accounts are Subject to Removal Observe Dedicated Weekly Threads for Loglines, Memes, Etc Provide Descriptive/Informative Titles for Posts Screenplays MUST be properly formatted/Do not post your film without the screenplay. No Contest, Coverage or Service AdvertisingĬomplaints About Paid Feedback Must Include Script and Evaluations No Socks, Trolls or Shitposting, Spam or Off-Topic Postsĭon't post personal blogs, personal websites, or unapproved self-promotion. WIKI: FAQS & FORMATTING INFO AND RESOURCESĭo not personally attack fellow redditors respect privacy, be encouraging, use your manners. ![]()
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