10. Augment your craft with the best tech tools

Homework

Here’s a neat little list of everything we mentioned earlier, so you don’t have to scroll through the whole lesson again – we‘re good to you, aren’t we? Now, get cracking!

Task 1

Desktop delicacies

Here are the computer screenwriting tools you can check out for yourself:

Final Draft 10: $299.99
Current industry standard
Celtx (basic): FREE (approx. $19.99 through the App Store)
Most-used software, due to its industry contending features & price.

Task 2

For the small screen wordsmiths

Here are the mobile screenwriting apps we recommend:

Final Draft: in-app purchase for full use
Celtx: FREE
WriterDuet – FREE
Rumored to be slowly overtaking Final Draft as the industry favorite
Scripts Pro: approx. $19.99
Highly reviewed, contending app; compatible with Final Draft & Celtx
Slugline: Simply Screenwriting: approx. $39.99
Nothing substantially differentiated from the others, but worth checking out