I've been using Final Draft for a long time, but have never really learned to use all the features. I want to get know the software better by getting educated about one feature at a time, starting with the most valuable. What do you suggest?
Screenwriting : Final Draft 11 features by Deanne E. Gwinn
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Most valuable to who? FD has evolved as the de-facto industry standard because it offers value to all phases of screenwriting and film production. I'm also a producer/director so I find the various reports (cast, scene, character) to be helpful. The Tagger is useful for breakdowns. The point that I'm making is that very useful to more than just the writer.
At this point I'm concentrating on FD features that help me get scripts written: which are most useful and which are simply "nice to know." I'm assuming the things in reports are automatically generated, right? So they are there even if I'm not actively using them? I'm not sure what Tagger is. I'll take a look at it. Thanks for the response!
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Final Draft has a wonderful tutorials playlist on their YouTube channel made up of 27 videos, most of which are only a few minutes each.
In about an hour or so, you could get a good overview of what the software has to offer and that might help you make a decision on where to start on your quest for FD feature mastery!
Here's the link to the playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd7TzNCx59NsR2i1kj8HHOvVtfmeMuQRN
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I've been trying to use the beat card section of FD. I have long been a fan of Scrivener for breaking story and FD for writing because it is the industry standard. But it's hard to move between two programs. I'm going to check out the playlists too. Thanks Edward Zeimis !
Thank you for the link Edward Zeimis!
Fade In is a bit easier to use, it costs much less and one can export any file to FD if required to do so. I'm using FD after being told that I should. It's since occurred to me that any submissions are in PDF. So do we need the most expensive software anyway?
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Hi Deanne, I hope all is going well. Over the last couple of weeks, I've discovered a bit of writing software called prewrite. Check out prewrite.com If you're a visual type person this really helps to get to grips with the story. Also, it's free for 1 script and imports and exports with FD. I'm loving it and would recommend giving it a try. The great thing is that it also builds a pitch deck, slide show as you write. I'm noodling with it at the moment, but feel free to have a look at how I'm getting on with it. https://prewrite.com/storyshare/605994bb92db1f6f3efa7dd0
All the best
Ken