How to Create Labels for TV Scripts and Stage Plays in Final Draft 12
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Creating Labels For TV Scripts And Stageplays In Your Script With Final Draft 12 What are labels? In this article we’ll have a look at labels. Labels are something that is not needed regularly by writers, it’s mostly for television shows, but you should be able...
Using The Final Draft 12 Beat Board And Outline Editor
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Working With The Beat Board And Outline Editor In Final Draft 12 Final Draft 12 has some major updates on the beat board and it works slightly different than in version 11. So, let’s see what the version 12 Beat Board can do, no matter if...
Final Draft 12 Review – Should I Upgrade?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Final Draft 12 Review Hi, this is Bela from the Writer’s Territory, and guess what, Final Draft just has come out with a new version, version 12. Which means, of course, I have to test it and let you know what I think of it. And just...
“Find and Replace” in Final Draft 12
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="66973"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How To Use “Find And Replace” In Final Draft 12 Apart from the “Search Tool”, which is discussed in another article, Final Draft has another tool for when you just want to search for a certain word and character name. And this tool is the “Find...
Speed Up Your Writing With Final Draft 12’s “SmartType”
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How To Speed Up Your Writing With SmartType Lists In Final Draft In this article we’re going to have a look at SmartType lists and how they can speed up your writing by automatically filling in elements that you’re using on a regular basis in...
Using Macros In Final Draft 12 To Speed Up Your Writing
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Macros In Final Draft In this lesson we’re going to have a look at Macros. This is another method to speed up your writing process because Macros can create script elements more quickly than having to type them every time you need them. Macros are essentially...
Checking Your Script For Formatting Errors In Final Draft 12
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] The Format Assistant In Final Draft 12 In this lesson we’ll look at the format assistant. The format assistant is a very useful tool that keeps you from sending out your script with formatting issues. When you’re done writing your script you’ll most likely want to...
How To Reformat Your Script Quickly In Final Draft 12
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65873"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Reformatting Your Script With Final Draft 12 Sometimes, you run into a situation where you might want to or need to assign many script elements to another element, for example if an import from another text format has gone wrong. In this case it would be...
Fade In vs. Final Draft – Which To Buy?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="66973"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Which One Is Better? Final Draft Or Fade In? OK, so in this article I want to compare the two quite popular screenwriting applications Final Draft and Fade In and give you my opinions. Things In Common But before we dive into the differences, let’s real quick...
Let Final Draft 12 Read Your Script Back To You – The Narrator
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Using The Final Draft 12 Narrator Oftentimes when you’re writing, especially with a dialogue line, it’s not easy to judge how this line will sound if someone says it out loud. That’s why Final Draft includes a so-called “Narrator”. The narrator - as the same suggests -...