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Final Draft, software and people

January 23, 2014 Rant, Screenwriting Software

Final Draft reports abusive calls and emails that may have stemmed from Craig’s recent tirade on Scriptnotes. This is not okay at all.

Final Draft’s Reformat dialog box

January 13, 2014 Screenwriting Software

Final Draft has long had a Reformat dialog box. I’ve long hated it. For Version 9, Final Draft made small revisions: Can you tell which is the old one and which is the new one? Hint: In the new one, there’s no space between the bracketed letters.

Why I like writing in Fountain

November 27, 2013 Fountain, Highland, Screenwriting Software

For the past 18 months, I’ve been doing all my new writing in Fountain rather than a heavyweight screenwriting app. I love it. I made a screencast to explain why it’s better.

PDF to FDX

November 19, 2013 Follow Up, Screenwriting Software

Final Draft emailed me to recommend an alternate workflow to convert a screenplay PDF to FDX.

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