Heather Ryan: Author, musician and screenwriter in Brighton, Michigan.

Heather Ryan
Is Final Draft Still King?

Hey there everybody! I'm Heather, singer, ex novelist (maybe just on a 10 year hiatus), and have 5 unfinished scripts/projects beckoning to me on an hourly basis... My baby is ready for revisions and tightening, thusly I am ready to invest in a professional formatting program. Final Draft seemed to...

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Sandra Campbell

I got my hard drive on my old laptop fixed because it had my only version of Final Draft. Now I'm treating my old laptop with kid gloves because I can't afford to lose FD again. I was so thrilled to g...

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Holly Dell

I was able to upgrade Mike's FD since he previously registered his broken CD copy. We use PC's and installed on my laptop too, since the license includes up to 2.

Heather Ryan

Whilst being so grateful for everyone's advice, a bit more confused now than when I asked hahaha... Have a great night all =)

Padma Narayanaswamy

Thanks for the invite

Tom Paini

Hi Heather, just read your post enquiring about Final Draft screenwriting software.. No denying, "it's good".. But in reference, I can only add my tuppence worth to previous comments.. Industry standard is Movie Magic, far more concise and professional.. Happy writing.

Earl Thompson

How is your singing going?

Heather Ryan

Hey Earl, all is well with me, thanks! Nothing new with music, just eat sleep and breath it as usual. How are you?

Earl Thompson

Hey, Heather, nice that you could join me here. How is it going?

Ken Simpson
Trailer for my debut feature film, Headcase

Hey Everyone I'm proud to share with you the official trailer for my ambitious debut feature film, Headcase Warning: there's some NSFW language! https://vimeo.com/17278277 It will make it's North American premiere at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival on May 11th...If you're in the Seattle a...

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Kevin Golding

Congrats..looks great.

Ross Williams

Funny and nicely shot! I'll keep an eye out for it.

Nuk Romualdez

Will be watching this! Congratulations!

Heather Ryan

Hey Ben, Thanks for your help thus far! I shamefully haven't had the time yet to really dive into this site or Talentville, but I really can't wait to get one finger free so I can get in there. The resources between the two seem astounding :) I am wondering: The only place where I have written or ha...

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Heather Ryan

Haha, I stumbled into Zhura 3 years ago, it was the first place I tried and I stayed because of the community there, honestly. I wouldn't have known script structure from Beethoven's sheet music at th...

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Heather Ryan

Okay... I was going to rewrite it in Final Draft before I posted it there or here but I guess, for comparisons and research's sake, I could put a partial up in Scripped format so all the world can see. User error may well account for aspects that seem too far off lol :)

System Admin

Hey Heather, I'm the CTO and lead developer at Stage32.com. Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback about the site. I'd love to hear your comments!

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Heather. I'm RB, co-founder and CEO of Stage 32. I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work and attracting attention to their projects. That's why we created Stage 32. Our members run the gamut from film students to award winners. The community is now 50,000+ members strong spanning 175+ countries. This is a network for you, built by you. Like most things in life, the more you participate, the greater the rewards. We ask all new members to help us spread the word through other social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. We also ask that you help strengthen th...

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Heather's network

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