{"id":68,"date":"2017-03-08T03:03:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/poetponders\/?p=68"},"modified":"2023-11-26T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T18:55:28","slug":"screenwriting-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/2017\/03\/08\/screenwriting-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Screenwriting Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot of students and aspiring writers ask me if you “must” use Final Draft<\/a> or Screenwriter to write a screenplay. No. Absolutely not, unless you are working on a production. In which case, they own or your earn enough for Final Draft or Screenwriter and whatever budget\/scheduling apps the production team uses.<\/p>\n

My preference is to start all projects in Scrivener and then migrate to either Final Draft or Screenwriter for screenplays. For other projects, I like to remain in Scrivener as much as possible.<\/p>\n

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I have to say, after trying WriterDuet I would use it in a heartbeat for a small production company and definitely for any non-profit, educational projects. No question. The only reason not to use it is that you must have the exclusive rights<\/em><\/strong> to a script… and I don’t have those in my work.<\/p>\n

WriterDuet is probably the best free or low-cost option I have tested. It is very interesting. Blows away Celtx<\/a>. The Pro version with off-line editing is cheaper than Final Draft or Screenwriter.<\/p>\n

The Pro edition is a standalone, offline version that requires an investment of $80 (annually) or $160 (lifetime). Unless you are using the collaboration tools of WriterDuet, I’d suggest to Scrivener<\/a> (the tool I use for drafting everything I write) or FadeIn, which I LOVE for the $80 price. The collaboration is simply easier with WriterDuet than any other tool I’ve tested. Nobody has to buy anything to collaborate online, live.<\/p>\n

I do not own any rights to client works<\/strong> and therefore have been told I cannot use Adobe Story<\/a>, for example. Amazon Screenwriter is off-limits because their license is a tangled mess.<\/p>\n

Final Draft has a secure collaboration mode in which my computer is the server for clients to access with their copies of Final Draft. The collaboration in FD is good.<\/p>\n

FadeIn supports collaborating, too, but I believe everyone on the team needs to be using FadeIn.<\/p>\n

When people ask or email me to locate free or cheap writing tools, I used to suggest using what you have (Word, LibreOffice<\/a> \/ OpenOffice, Pages, etc) and just write. The most important thing you can do is write the script using anything. Now, I would say if you are online most of the time, try WriterDuet as a free solution.\u00a0It is amazing. Seriously good. For the price<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Myself, I remain a Screenwriter<\/a> 6.x user. It’s what I love. But that’s me.<\/p>\n

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A lot of students and aspiring writers ask me if you “must” use Final Draft or Screenwriter to write a screenplay. No. Absolutely not, unless…<\/p>\n

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