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Lastly, Final Draft now offers not only templates for formatting the script but also models for constructing the narrative, borrowed from the main scriptwriting manuals. When opening a new document, scriptwriters can choose between a variety of structures – the three acts found in Aristotle and Field, the five acts in Freytag, Snyder’s fifteen beats, the twelve steps in Campbell and Vogler, the six stages in Hauge, etc. – and begin to conceive their story on a pre-structured beat board and outline.