In 2023, I took a graduate program on play writing. For the course my mentor wanted the script done in Microsoft Word. I have Final Draft 12 and like it, but MS Word had several advantages for me. First, both my mentor and my wife are fluent Word users. I also have Word of my iPad and iPhone. For full length plays Final Draft is wonderful. It offers many capabilities far beyond MS Word. Most professional movie screen plays are written in Final Draft. For a full length play it makes sense. Short plays on the other hand do not need the advanced features. As most of my writing is short plays now, I mostly use MS Word.
Four Actors. Four Leads. One Afterlife Diner
My graduate project, After, was originally written as a 90-minute audio drama. While I loved the story, I discovered that marketing a long audio drama was challenging. So I began experimenting with 10-minute stage plays. That turned out to be a valuable lesson. Short plays are actually harder to write. There’s no room for fluff, … Read more