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Suave
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I purchased Final Draft 10 earlier this year, the other day I get an email asking me for another $80 to upgrade to 11. I contacted them and asked why if I just bought this they would not upgrade it to 11 - I thought this is really tacky and just a mistake. They said no, they would not upgrade me as I was outside their free upgrade window of the last of July. Buy software, and almost immediately they try and sell me an upgrade - Final Draft has seen the last dollar they will ever get out of me.
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Talespinner
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Final Draft, barely used, final purchase.
With apologies to Hemingway.
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Ch3 NC story SF/hospice/armband
Ending; Happy? |
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cheezopath
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but you can add images to the beatboard now dont you want to pay $80 for that
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stephenmatlock
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Fade In seems a good substitute AND it allows for images. Doesn't have a beat board, tho.
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Pithy sayings are for the apt. For a longer message, you need a condo.
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Suave
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Ya, haha, that would make it worth it!
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Suave
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I am sure he would agree with you!
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cyberk
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I've switched to using WriterDuet, which is rock solid, flexible and developed by one guy who is super responsive to emails. It's SUPER great for collaborating or working with copy editors on your script.
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Wordstar was developed by one guy who was super responsive, until he wasn't. The company that bought it tried to create a new release, but nobody could read his code. Now only old gnomes who live in machine rooms with grey ponytails on bald heads and sit at green screen terminals all day writing impossibly cryptic command lines in csh know about it. A bit like Wordperfect; that was the best word processor in the world until Microsoft bought the third best and murdered it. I actually got FD11. Not sure why, other than I could. Haven't used it yet (I only used FD10 a couple times, and found out you can create corrupt files easily during a screenwriting contest). I used to think I wanted to be a screenwriter, and maybe I still do (even though I don't watch TV or movies), but I did a suicide scene that was almost entirely self-talk and realized you can do things with prose that are pretty heart-breaking. Getting completely lost in a book is still my favorite pastime. I'll tell you what I think of FD11 next weekend. Maybe I'll get as annoyed with it as I was with FD 10 and use WriteDuet. I hear it's written by one guy who is super-responsive to emails... |
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stephenmatlock
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Oh baby, that is a shoe-in!
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Pithy sayings are for the apt. For a longer message, you need a condo.
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stephenmatlock
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BTW, I found that WriterDuet (online) is super easy to use, as is Amazon Storywriter, as long as you understand the basics of screenwriting (what the tags are, such as DIALOGUE or CHARACTER, and so on). And collaboration is super easy. I'm collaborating with someone in another country where wifi/internet is spotty and expensive, so we're using a combination of WPS Office (he's using a tablet) and Fade In (I'm using a desktop). We'll see how it goes. He can get and send files in bursts, but it's difficult and costly to get on-demand wireless, and data plans are wildly expensive. There aren't any "free" hot spots that are easy to get to during his normal day-to-day activities.
I can't imagine using a tablet to do real work, TBH. I need the physical keyboard as my fingertips get sore if I use the glass screen of the tablet too much. |
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