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All in all it is the best writing app I have used so far. It's flexible and user friendly interface makes it a very good software.
You will break even with price and have more of a reason to write now that you're forced to in a class.
My overall experience has been great because at the end of the day, it's how well you write, and what you can put out, that wins over the customer service and software issues.
It is more expensive than other screenwriting software, but you get what you pay for. It is the industry standard and the only thing you need besides a laptop to pursue a screenwriting career.
Very easy to use and automated formatting is superb. You have to focus on creating.
I was unfortunately rubbed the wrong way by the way my script fell apart and being told the only way to save my work was to buy the incredibly expensive, new version of the software.
The ability to use the Navigator to search by character, scene, and notes is killer. And the REPORTS section is wonderful, with breakdowns by character, dialogue, scenes, etc.
For example, it’s collaboration tools for writing partners just isn’t all that compelling when compared to other similar offerings.
Helps to collect, categorise and present my thoughts and ideas in a very effective means. Love the wealth of templates to assist here.
Drag and drop sometimes works counterintuitively, and the content of some fields disappear when I start editing another field.
MindMaster is a really awesome software. Lots of features, several customization possibilities and great templates to help out anyone starting with M.Maps.
When exporting map archives into Word or Excel, the format is very bad. You must work A LOT to configure the new file.
It helped us to be successful. Love the predefined templates, ability to restructure with few clicks, helped capture production quality artifacts quickly, and maintain it with ease in the longer run.
Have Trouble Keeping Track of All Your Projects.
I like this software because it helps me a lot in my work and in my study, such as it's easy to use and they show how you can do anything before starting.
Lack of integration with calendar, tasks manager apps.
Gerald W.: My name is Gerald. I'm a script writer. I give Final Draft a four rating. And for more reviews, please look below. I used a program called Scriptwriter or Screenwriter. It was also known as Movie Magic Screenwriter. It's still available, but unfortunately for Windows, they haven't updated that program in maybe 12 years. And Final Draft has really overtaken the program as the Microsoft Word of the script writing world, the common denominator for professional script writers. So if you work for any studio, any network, if you're working on a TV series, they'll pretty much want you to be on Final Draft. Also, Screenwriter had some major, major bugs in it, which drove me crazy. I was just, in a way, glad to move on to Final Draft. Final Draft is not perfect. It has its own peculiarities, but it is the standard, so you pretty much have to use it and live with it and try to accommodate yourself to it as well as you can. I chose Final Draft because, two main reasons. One, it is the most common screenwriting program used by professionals, studios, networks, writers' rooms, so that's the program that people want you to be on if you're working in television, like I do. And also Screenwriter just became obsolete in a way. It's a good program, but with terrible bugs, which were really a nuisance to have to deal with. That's why I basically use Final Draft now. If you've used Screenwriter, it's not that hard. Feature film scripts, television scripts, generally follow a very specific format and the programs are made to adapt themselves to those formats, so it's not that hard. If you're starting right from the beginning, there's a bit of a learning curve, but probably within a day, you'll be fine. Probably within a couple of hours, you'll be fine. You'll be writing scripts. And then as problems come up or if you want to do something a little fancier, you'll have to start going into the manual or... What is a good plus to Final Draft is, they have phone support and it works and the people are there, and generally you can get someone within a minute. And if you have a question, they will help you. And about 80, 90% of the time, their answer will be correct. Screenwriter, no longer has phone support, which is a major hassle, too. So it's not difficult to get going on it if you know script writing. If you don't know script writing and are a complete novice, give yourself a bit of time. But within a few hours you'll be working. And if you have run into problems, need to do something fancy, like a split dialogue, two characters speaking at the same time and that sort of thing, you'd have to go to the manual or maybe call support. But it's pretty easy to get going. If you're not a professional, Final Draft is expensive. I'm not sure what the initial price is, but it's at least $165 or more, so you have to take that into consideration. There are a whole lot of other script writing programs out there, which are... I haven't used them, but the reports are a lot of them are very good. And some of them have been developed directly by professional script writers. And some of them are actually free or have a free platform and a paid platform. If you're writing feature films, if you're not writing in a writer's room, generally when you submit a script, you submit it in PDF, so nobody really knows what you wrote it on to begin with. So if you want to start and you don't want to pay the money for Final Draft, there are some very good programs out there which seem to be highly recommended and you could use those, and then as you get more into it, you can just ask yourself if you want to move up to Final Draft. Like I say, if you're a professional, they're going to say, "You have Final Draft?" And you're expected to say, "Yes, I have Final Draft."
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