Screenwriting in Final Draft

Six years later, Final Draft still hasn’t written itself…

On February 15th, 2020, I released a little book called Screenwriting in Final Draft. It was never meant to be flashy. No glittering Hollywood endorsements. No laminated cover with “Best Screenwriting Book Ever” embossed in gold foil. Just a practical, step-by-step guide written by someone who has spent an unholy amount of time staring at blinking cursors, juggling story structure, and wrestling software that — let’s be honest — wasn’t always as intuitive as it claimed to be.

And here we are. Six years later. The book is still out there, still helping writers figure out how to get their ideas onto the page without throwing their laptops out the window. And, somehow, it’s still the only how-to guide for Final Draft.

That’s right. The only one. Still the definitive guide. Six years later.

I’ll give you a minute to let that sink in.

The Manual That Wasn’t

Now, look — I didn’t write the book because I thought the world was dying for another screenwriting “how to.” There are already brilliant books on craft, character, plot, and structure (see The Screenwriter’s Bible by David Trottier and Writing Movies for Fun and Profit by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Grant for 2 of my favorite books (affiliate…