When not writing books, I also perform stand-up comedy so I can bring a humorous touch to my explanation of complicated topics so they're easier to learn. Besides my many computer books, I've also written books on non-computer topics such as stock investing and screenwriting. My computer books tackle a variety that include Microsoft Office and computer programming. That's why I specialize in making complicated topics easier to understand. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Getting Ideas Chapter 2: Picking a Theme Chapter 3: The Story Title Chapter 4: The Major Characters Chapter 5: The Hero and Villain Chapter 6: The Mentor, the Allies, and the Henchmen Chapter 7: The Four Acts of a Screenplay Chapter 8: Using the Story Map Chapter 9: Creating and Manipulating Scenes Chapter 10: Understanding the Elements of a Screenplay Chapter 11: Working with Scenes Chapter 12: Making Dialogue Come to Life Chapter 13: Editing a Screenplay Chapter 14: Printing and Sharing a Screenplay Final Words Chapter 15: Collaborating on a Screenplay
#FINAL DRAFT 10 HOW TO#
If you want to learn how to become a better screenwriter and use Final Draft 10 to help you achieve your ultimate goal of selling a screenplay, then this is the book for you. So this book will teach you how to write screenplays using Final Draft 10 as a tool. At this point, formatting your screenplay perfectly means nothing if it’s not structured to tell a compelling story in the first place. Likewise if you start writing a script without any planning, you’ll likely waste time writing an rambling and incoherent screenplay.
You could just show up at the airport and hop on any plane, but chances are good it won’t take you where you want to go. Think of screenwriting like planning a vacation.
Where most people go wrong is that they focus first on writing their screenplay without knowing what to write or taking time to organize their ideas before they write. Although Final Draft works as an excellent screenplay formatting word processor, that’s actually the last feature you want to use. Having a great screenwriting program like Final Draft 10 is fine, but if you don’t know what to write, then you won’t be able to take advantage of Final Draft 10’s writing, formatting, and editing features. To use Final Draft most effectively, you need to know how to develop a story. Not only will you learn how to use Final Draft’s most common features, but you’ll also learn why to use them and how they can help you organize and write a more effective screenplay. Once you learn the most common commands of Final Draft 10, you'll have the confidence to learn the more advanced features that the program offers. Instead, this book will teach you the more useful features of Final Draft 10 to make you a more effective screenwriter. This book won't overwhelm you by teaching every possible feature in Final Draft 10. Notice the huge difference? You want to be a screenwriter, not a Final Draft 10 computer expert. What this book will teach you is how to plan, organize, and write a screenplay using Final Draft 10 as a tool to make your task easier. That’s why this book won’t teach you how to become a Final Draft 10 expert. To achieve that goal, you want to use Final Draft 10 as a tool to achieve your dream of writing a screenplay that you can sell. Instead, you probably really want to learn how to write the best screenplay possible with the least amount of hassle. Chances are good that your goal in life isn’t to learn how to use Final Draft 10.
What people really want to learn is how to get specific results from using a particular program. Nobody really wants to learn how to use any particular program.
Such comprehensive detail makes most computer books about as exciting to read as a dictionary. Flip open any computer book and you’ll typically see a thick tome crammed with information about every possible feature of a program in exhaustive detail. "How to Write a Great Script with Final Draft 10" is not a typical computer book tutorial.
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