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Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 14, 2014 at 02:18 PM
Does anyone here use Final Draft 9? They are doing a promotion for Scrivener users, so FD9 is USD99.00 instead of the usual USD249.99 until 18 Oct 2014. That just piqued my curiosity, especially as FD9 also has index cards, which are of interest to me.
http://store.finaldraft.com/final-draft-9.html/
My question is: how amenable is FD9 to other types of writing (non-finction, academic prose etc.), as opposed to script writing, for which it is marketed?
Posted by Hugh
Oct 14, 2014 at 05:50 PM
I used it several versions and numerous years ago. I seem to remember that it then had a “novel” mode - which to me half-defeated its original purpose, and turned it into an expensive text editor. But - if that’s still the case - it may be of interest to you. I seem to remember that the index cards were then relatively crude. (Of course its selling point then, even more than now, was its scripting mode, which then was if not unique, quite rare, saved a lot of time and was what you paid for.)
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 14, 2014 at 09:24 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
>They are doing a promotion for
>Scrivener users, so FD9 is USD99.00 instead of the usual USD249.99
>until 18 Oct 2014.
>http://store.finaldraft.com/final-draft-9.html/
Thanks for this. I see that FD9 is bundled with a Scrivener license, but I don’t see the offer for existing Scrivener users. I may be missing something, or the offer may only be available in selected countries.
Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 14, 2014 at 11:18 PM
@Hugh
Thanks for your thoughts. I’m a bit too busy to trial it just now, but I guess I’ll just have to take v. 9 for a test drive before the deal expires on Saturday…
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Thanks for this. I see that FD9 is bundled with a Scrivener license, but
>I don’t see the offer for existing Scrivener users. I may be missing
>something, or the offer may only be available in selected countries.
There is a special link in an email sent to existing Scrivener and Scapple users this morning. So if you’re one, check your email and click on it, and it somehow inserts the discount when you land on the above page. I can’t tell if it’s a personalised link (it’s a bit.ly address) - but it does sound like the promotion might be tied to ownership of those two software (it’s a pretty massive discount, so I’d presume so).
Posted by Hugh
Oct 15, 2014 at 11:59 AM
If index card apps are of interest to you, Dr A., here is a list: http://list.ly/list/Eum-index-card-apps. (Story O, listed there, is another wannabe-scriptwriter’s tool, but is significantly cheaper than FD, has just been upgraded, and its index cards work OK.)