Final Draft Blog
All the tips, tricks and information you need to inspire your writing!
Read interviews with the pros, catch up with industry news, and listen to Write On: A Screenwriting Podcast by Final Draft.
Screenwriter Mike White’s journey before ‘The White Lotus’
With the third season of HBO’s The White Lotus the acclaimed and popular series is once again capturing audience’s imaginations. With its mixture of exotic locales, sexual intrigue and existential conflict, The White Lotus has become an event show an...
Read More
‘House of David’: Bringing an Ancient Story to Today’s Audience
Filmed on location in Greece over five months, Prime Video’s new TV show, House of David, takes us back 3,000 years to tell the story of the biblical figure David (Michael Iskander), who not only defeats a giant named Goliath (Martyn Ford), but rises...
Read More
How These 7 Films Led Sean Baker and 'Anora' to the Oscars
At this year’s Oscars, Anora filmmaker Sean Baker made history by personally receiving 4 Academy Award wins for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. Only Warren Beatty, Alan Menken, Alfonso Cuaron and Chloe Zhao had...
Read More
5 Ways To Get Your Script Contest Ready
Every year there’s a new wave of screenwriting contests that a screenwriter can enter in the hopes of getting more eyes on their feature screenplay or TV pilot. Some of these annual contests, like Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, show win...
Read More
What Is Screenwriting?
There is a reason why Hollywood is such a driving force in the world — a majority of the world’s population loves movies and television. The enjoyment of the stories we see on the big or small screen comes in many different ways.
Read More
‘The Monkey’ and the Art of Adapting a Short Story
When it comes to short stories being turned into movies, there is one master that comes to mind: Stephen King. His short stories have been the source material that created such films as The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, 1408, The Mist and Chi...
Read More
How Coralie Fargeat Stayed True to Her Vision for 'The Substance'
When the 97th Academy Awards announced the nominees on January 23, it was a shock to see writer/director Coralie Fargeat’s body horror thriller The Substance receive five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Read More
How ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ is more than an Action Film
When Iron Man was released in 2008 there was no Marvel Cinematic Universe. Seventeen years and 34 films later, Captain America: Brave New World hits theaters with a template of how to make a superhero film and the importance of being a part of a larg...
Read More
How To Write a Screenplay
So you’ve decided you want to be a screenwriter and write your very own screenplay for a feature film, TV show, or new media platform. This is a unique skillset, because film and television are visual mediums and collaborative art forms. Because of t...
Read More
What’s new in Final Draft 13?
WRITING GOALS &
PRODUCTIVITY STATS
Set goals and get valuable insights to take your work to the next level
TYPEWRITER
A new typewriter-like view option improves your focus
EMOJI
Craft more realistic onscreen text exchanges and make your notes more emotive
And so much more, thoughtfully designed to help unleash your creativity.
LEARN MORE