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Final Draft is the industry standard for professional screenwriters, studios and production companies around the world. Get the only tool that lets you fully customize your writing environment, streamlines your process, maximizes your productivity, and correctly formats your work. All so you can focus on what matters most—writing.

Screenwriting Simplified

Just Add Words

No more fussing with formatting because Final Draft does it all automatically. Get the words down, let Final Draft do the rest.

Write It Your Way

Create your ideal writing environment, from dozens of professional templates to customizable workflows and modes.

Unleash Productivity

Use powerful story planning tools to help brainstorm and outline your script, whether by yourself or collaborating with partners in real time.

Deliver Professionalism

Generate production-ready scripts with the screenwriting platform trusted by 95% of the entertainment industry.

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Thank you Final Draft, you’ve been with me since page one.

Nia Vardalos

Writer, Director, Actress, Producer

Final Draft is a program made to perform one task with excellence – the writing of a screenplay – by people who support Final Draft users with passion and understanding.

James Mangold

Writer, Director, Producer, Academy Award Nominee

Final Draft makes it so much easier – and it’s motivating when what you’re working on looks like a script.

Sofia Coppola

Writer, Director, Producer, Academy Award Winner

Even if you don't own a computer, I recommend buying Final Draft.

JJ Abrams

Writer, Director, Producer, Emmy Award Winner

If one could marry a program-or even elope with one- I would choose Final Draft. After all it has been a wise, patient and loyal writing partner that has been by my side for almost fifteen years.

Guillermo del Toro

Writer, Director, Producer, Academy Award Winner

Art is born out of an ill-designed world. How lucky we are to have at our fingertips an elegantly-designed tool like Final Draft to help storytellers reshape that world.

Todd Field

Writer, Director, Producer, Academy-Award Nominee

From Idea to Rough Draft to Finished Script

1. Set the Beat

Reimagine the index card with the Beat Board^TM. Build your story beat-by-beat with customizable, moveable, and manageable visual building blocks.

2. Build an Outline

Transfer your story beats to the Outline Editor^TM for high-level structure planning on an easy-to-manage timeline. Then send the outline straight to the script, so you start with organized thoughts instead of a blank page.

3. Start Your Script

Choose from over 40 templates for screenplays, teleplays, comics, graphic novels and stage plays—or just start typing.

4. Write Your Heart Out

From productivity tools to easy editing, Final Draft’s fully customizable environment makes writing a joy.

5. Export a Professional Project

Professional tools like Navigator makes casting, diversity initiatives, production scheduling, and more a snap. Then, easily export your script in the format production professionals expect.

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