You have a story to tell. Use Final Draft to write it.

Use your creative energy to focus on the content; let Final Draft take care of the style. Final Draft is the number-one selling word processor specifically designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics and stage plays.

It combines powerful word processing with professional script formatting in one self-contained, easy-to-use package. There is no need to learn about script formatting rules – Final Draft automatically paginates and formats your script to industry standards as you write.

Key Features

• 100% Cross-Platform
Final Draft scripts are identical on both Windows™ and Macintosh® platforms and can easily be exchanged between both.

• Import/Export
Filesfrom any word processor can be imported easily, no need to re-type your script. Export to multiple file formats (including PDF) to easily and securely share scripts with anyone.

• Script Registry
Final Draft is a preferred file format and the only scriptwriting software with an authorized agreement with the WGAw online registry service.

• Production Features
Handles production functions with ease, including scene numbering, A and B pages, multiple revisions, character sides and specialized reports.

• Tagger
A separate application that enables you to break down Final Draft scripts into their various elements and export them into any scheduling software.

• ScriptCompare
Dynamically compares two scripts and highlights any changes, allowing you to easily see the differences from one file to the next.

• Templates
Over 50 television show, movie and stageplay templates are included, complete with characters and locations.

• Format Assistant
Checks your script for common formatting errors, such as missing dialogue, extra spaces, carriage returns and blank elements.

• ScriptNotes
Pop-up windows which can hold ideas, notes, suggestions or scene fragments without taking up space onscreen.

• CollaboWriter
Write, edit and discuss a script with other Final Draft users in real time, over the internet, anywhere in the world.

• Text to Speech
Have your script read back to you by assigning different voices to your characters. It’s like having a live script reading in your computer.

• Ask the Expert
An interactive problem-solver with legendary screenwriting teacher Syd Field, television writer Larry Brody, playwright Jon Dorf and WGAw’s The Creative Rights Handbook.


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Testimonials

“Final Draft makes it possible to simply imagine the movie in script form. If you can think in cinematic terms, you can write in the terms of cinema.” -- Tom Hanks – Writer / Director / Producer / Actor / Academy Award™ Winner The Da Vinci Code, Forrest Gump, Catch Me If You Can, Road to Perdition, Cast Away, Philadelphia, Saving Private Ryan, That Thing You Do...

“My entire writing staff uses Final Draft. Its many useful, easy-to-use features have been perfected, benefiting from suggestions and wish lists submitted over the years by working film and television writers. Even if you don’t own a computer, I recommend buying Final Draft.” -- J.J. Abrams – Writer / Director / Producer Six Degrees (TV), Mission Impossible III, Lost (TV), Alias (TV), Felicity (TV), Armageddon, Regarding Henry...

“I've tried a variety of scriptwriting software and Final Draft is without question my favorite. It's a real beauty of a program-smart, intuitive and useful.” -- Alan Ball – Writer / Producer / Academy Award™ Winner American Beauty, Six Feet Under (TV)...

“Final Draft is the only screenwriting software I have ever used. Quite simply because it is the best. The industry standard. From fade in to fade out, Final Draft is the essential screenwriter's tool.” -- Stuart Beattie – Writer / Producer Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Collateral, Derailed...