Format Your Script in Final Draft

You have a story and a blank page, and a script format with a rule for every line. Final Draft knows those rules. This book shows you how to let it apply them, so your hours go into the story instead of the margins. Written for Final Draft 13 on Mac and Windows, it follows one short script from its first scene heading to a PDF you can send. You learn the elements and the Tab and Enter keys that move between them, the SmartType lists that remember your characters and locations, the Beat Board and Outline Editor for planning, and the reports and read-aloud tools that show you what you actually wrote. You also learn what to leave alone. Scene numbers, revision colors and locked pages belong to scripts in production, and Final Draft's own guidance keeps them off a script you are sending out. You will know why, and how they work when the time comes. Inside: - Buying, trying and signing in, including the difference between the one-time license and the Suite subscription - The elements, the Tab and Enter flow, and automatic (MORE) and (CONT'D) - Planning on the Beat Board and in the Outline Editor, then drafting scene by scene - Title pages, format checks and the page-per-minute guideline - Second drafts, Script Compare and Track Changes - Exporting a clean PDF, sharing FDX files and writing with others Plain language, exact menu paths for both platforms, and nothing padded.