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Final Draft 7 Professional Scriptwriting Win/Mac

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from: Final Draft

April 01, 2004
I am a beginning scriptwriter and I found the software easy to use, and undestandable - however, it does on occasion crash, so I put my automatic save at 3 minutes. Also, you have to think twice when saving, because the fdr files can only be edited in Final Draft, so you need to make a rich text backup as well. But, let me tell you if you are looking for a way to save time - this is the product you want to get

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Movie Magic Screenwriter Version 6

Childrens Toy Shop > Software > Script and Screenwriting
from: Write Brothers

August 17, 2007
I've written screen plays many years ago, but this is the first time I've used a software package to write this type of format. I am used to using different software packages, and using Screenwriter was an easy transition.
The manual that comes with it was very useful, but I was able to start writing my movie script almost immediately, which means that the user interface for Screenwriter was user friendly.
I haven't had to use all of its features, but writing and formatting is very easy and its exporting to PDF worked flawlessly.

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Final Draft Scriptwriter's Suite [Final Draft 7 & Final Draft AV2]

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from: Final Draft

April 01, 2004
Though I've never sold a screenplay, I keep writing them, keep trying, and my tool is Final Draft. This is an awesome piece of screenwriting software, perfect for a screenwriter wannabe like me. I have been using it for a long time now. The software formats your screenplay for you in proper format, which is invaluable and it saves you oodles of time. It also comes with several other features that help you write the best screenplay you can. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to be a screenwriter, or already is one and worries about formatting.

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Final Draft Version 7 Academic Win/Mac

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from: Final Draft

June 01, 2007
I'm a writer, here's my story. I bought Final Draft mainly because I felt I needed to upgrade from Microsoft Works or get left behind. Well, I've worked with Final Draft for a while, and to be honest I do not think it was worth the $150.00 dollars + postage. It's very hard to format scripts, especially ones that had been saved in other formats - it adds all these extra spaces and it's terribly time consuming to remove them. Also, it sometimes adds in a character heading when one isn't needed and it's very difficult to get rid of those showing up all the time.
I cannot figure out how to use the Tagger part at all. The most disappointing part for me was that it DOES NOT read the scripts back - it does however save your script in a new format that ... Read More:

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Hollywood Screenwriter

Childrens Toy Shop > Software > Script and Screenwriting
from: Write Brothers


It's a nice program but based on older technology. It won't download to the harddrive.

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Writer's DreamKit 4 Win/Mac

Childrens Toy Shop > Software > Script and Screenwriting
from: Write Brothers

August 24, 2006
This was given to me as a gift in order to help me write short stories. There was really nothing to this software except some hack's cliched views on what story development should be. This is not only a waste of money (in my case it was a gift) -this is a waste of time for anyone trying to figure it out.

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Write Brothers Movie Magic Screenwriter (PC & Mac)

Childrens Toy Shop > Software > Script and Screenwriting
from: Write Brothers

January 08, 2002
I've read a lot of good reviews for this program, and it came highly recommended. But I've had so many problems with the software, (I'm PC based), and have had no response from Technical Support, email or otherwise. The links on their site mainly are dead. I am planning to buy the competitor product. Screenwriter has been a frustrating program, and a waste of my money.

Some of the recurring problems:
- Generates roughly a third of the script's breakdown, then stops.
- "Print to PDF" function consistently creates a blank PDF file.

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Final Draft AV 2.5 Win/Mac

Childrens Toy Shop > Software > Script and Screenwriting
from: Final Draft

November 03, 2005
If you're doing AV scripting (TV, particularly), this is a must. It's MUCH easier than struggling with Word columns or templates, and it delivers a very professional looking product.

But there are too many missing or problem features. First, it has an irritating tendency in Windows XP to shut down due to errors. So save...early and often. Then, there doesn't seem to be a zoom function for Windows (there is for Mac), so you're stuck with a full page at a time, which isn't great if your eyes aren't as strong as they used to be. And when it comes to sharing...if the person receiving your script doesn't have Final Draft AV, you'll have to export as a .pdf or a rich text file.

In other words, for as long as this product has been around, ... Read More:

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Write Brothers Dramatica Pro 4 (Win/Mac)

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from: Write Brothers

June 17, 2000
I'll be brief.

*) Answering the huge battery of questions forced me to look at my novel from different angles and made me reconsider direction in many scenes based on the POV of my reader. Now that was fantastic and rated five stars.

*) Storyweaving is a huge let-down. After many hours answering detailed questions where the user has to use the help button to decipher their Dramatic-specific terms, I was notified that:

[I'm not required to complete the exposition part of the Storyweaving and that I can go ahead and create my scenes.]

If I build my own scenes and chapters, what did I pay for?

Option two: I let the program build a scenario for me and let me tell you; this was a most bizarre use of the information ... Read More:

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StoryView

Childrens Toy Shop > Software > Script and Screenwriting
from: Write Brothers


I use it all of the time for any type of outlining