Final Draft is
screenwriting software
Screenwriting software are word processors specialized to the task of writing screenplays.
Overview
Features
While add-ins and macros for word processors, such as Script Wizard for Microsoft Word, can be used to write screenplays, the need f ...
for writing and formatting
screenplays.
History
Final Draft was co-founded in 1990 by Marc Madnick and Ben Cahan.
In 2013, Final Draft was awarded a Primetime Emmy Engineering Award.
In 2016, Final Draft was acquired by Cast & Crew Entertainment Services.
Usage
The program is a screenwriting software for writing and formatting a screenplay to meet submission standards set by theater, television and film industries. The program can also be used to write documents such as stageplays, outlines, treatments, query letters, novels, graphic novels, manuscripts, and basic text documents.
Final Draft's main competitors are
Movie Magic Screenwriter
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History
Stephen Greenfield and Chris Huntley created Scriptor, one of the earliest screenplay writing programs, that w ...
,
Celtx
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WriterDuet
WriterDuet is a screenwriting software for writing and editing screenplays and other forms of mass media.
History
WriterDuet was founded in 2013 by Guy Goldstein.
In April 2015, WriterDuet acquired the domain for Scripped.com after they closed ...
.
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MacOS text-related software
Screenwriting software
Windows text-related software
1991 software
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