It also features a Story Map, which can help you organize your scenes and sequences efficiently. With over a hundred templates, writers can choose from a constellation of formats, from screenplays to stage plays, graphic novels to query letters (whatever those are). No matter how riveting your Tarantino-ripoff dinner party scene is, if the script isn’t formatted properly, it’s getting shredded and going into the agent’s daughter’s hamster cage. The tool’s goal is to paginate your scripts to meet entertainment industry standards.
Final Draft is the one screenwriting software you need to bring your stories to life. Abrams, Sofia Coppola, and, yes, even Aaron Sorkin swear by it. Why believe me, though? I’ve never written a critically acclaimed movie. Formatting is everything, and each version of screenwriting has its own set of rules, which means Final Draft helps bypass those embarrassing notes like “don’t include camera angles in action descriptions.” Basically, Final Draft 10 helps make the hard stuff easy, so you can get down to writing.
The ins and outs of writing a good script - whether it’s a 30-minute comedy pilot, a $30 million action movie starring Willem Dafoe (imagine that), or a single-act play for the local community theater - can be hard.
If you purchased Final Draft at a discounted price by bundling it with your seminar tuition, and find that you must cancel your registration, you will be refunded your money less our administrative fee and the full price of the Final Draft software.Whether you’re trying to get that short film off the ground, or you’re freakin’ Aaron Sorkin, you should have Final Draft, the most ubiquitous and popular screenwriting software in the game. If you cancel more than 10 days prior to the event date, you have the option to to apply it to a future seminar within one year, or you can be refunded your money less a 10% fee that will be retained to cover administrative costs. If you cancel 10 days or less from the event date your full tuition will be forfeited, but you may apply it to a future McKee Seminar of the same type within one year of your first scheduled seminar. If you do not register and pay in full by that time, your seat will no longer be reserved. This deposit will be applied to the full price of your desired Tuition Package, the balance of which will be due two weeks before the seminar at the latest. The Deposit option allows you to reserve a spot at the seminar by paying a non-refundable deposit of $100.
If you are interested in this option, please contact us here. The applicability of this discount varies by event, so check the seminar details when you register. To reward this enthusiasm and to encourage your continued development, we offer a significant Repeater rate. Perhaps your recent writing experiences have prepared you to gain new insights from the seminar, as different aspects of McKee’s teachings become more immediately applicable to your own work. We regularly find that students would like to take a seminar a second time.
Email us here with a copy of your Student ID so that we may confirm your eligibility and provide you with the correct discount code. We’re happy to offer students a significant discount to help encourage their education in Story. Email us here and include your Union Membership ID so that we may confirm your eligibility and provide you with the correct discount code.
Members of professional unions (Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America, etc.) are offered a discount. Email us here with your group’s details so that we may confirm your eligibility and provide you with the correct discount code. Likewise, if you register 10 or more attendees, you may receive a larger discount for the group. If you register 5 or more attendees, you are eligible for a discount. We offer two group discount rates depending on the size of the group. Discount applicability varies by event, so check the seminar details. Yes! We’re pleased to offer several discount categories to help support your learning.