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Final Draft Version 8 Review

By Dennis Houghtaling

Final Draft 8 is one program which anyone who has any kind of interest in scriptwriting or screen writing needs to check out for themselves. This is one of the best programs available created specifically to address the needs of writers who deal with script formatting.

With everything scriptwriters need all in one package, Final Draft 8 is a comprehensive solution for the needs of television, play, and film scriptwriting. While many still spend their days working things out manually on word processors, Final Draft 8 saves hours of time for writers by automatically dealing with formatting and pagination. This is software which lets writers produce professional industry standard work in far less time.

The first thing that you need to think about is whether it is worth the cash that you will put out for it. For instance, if you are simply upgrading it from a previous version of Final Draft, you might find that you are paying under a hundred dollars for it. On the other had, if you are purchasing it new, it will cost several hundred dollars.

The thing to remember is that this is a program for professionals. If screen writing is a job for you, or if you hope it will be, this may be something that you need to invest in. The faster you can do your work, and the more effortlessly professional you can make it look, the better off you are going to be in the long run.

What are some of the features that you can find in Final Draft 8? If you are someone who loves to track their progress, make sure that you take a look at the writing management tool, which will measure your writing over the course of a session. You can also keep track of your action to dialog ratio.

Script Compare is a feature in Final Draft 8 which is designed to streamline the revision process. This tool lets you compare two versions of the same script and highlights the differences between the two. While this feature has a lot of potential, some users have reported that Script Compare can lock up or behave inconsistently - this feature may not be quite ready for prime time yet.

One particularly interesting feature in Final Draft 8 is Text to Speech. There are different voices available, so you can give each character a distinctive voice and have a virtual script reading. It may not be quite as good as the real thing, but it is helpful in working out your dialogue.

Final Draft 8's Format Assistant can find problems in your script's formatting. This feature goes through your script looking for blank spaces, missing dialog and other formatting problems. This makes keeping your scripts properly formatted and professional far easier. If script writing is your business, then Final Draft 8 is something which you should certainly have a closer look at. Ideal for plays, commercials film scripts and other screen and stage writing work, this is software which is a worthwhile investment for professional writers.

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