Can I recover unsaved work after a restart of my computer

I was working with Final Draft 8 and before I could save my work the spinning pinwheel appeared. I restarted my computer hoping that my work would pop back up. I've done a shutdown when this happened before and was able to have my windows with my work reappear, albeit the wheel was still spinning, and my work was lost.
I want to know if there is a way that I can recover unsaved work after restarting my computer, or if there is a way to access my temporary file folder and search for my document there. This seems like a stupid question I know, but I'm so desperate and would just like to know if there is a way to access my unsaved work. Is it gone forever? Unsaved work doesn't get tossed into the trash, so where exactly does it go? Is like an erasure?
Thank you.

Make sure your auto save function is on, http://support.finaldraft.com/article.aspx?cid=1001&aid=264 if it is on you should have a copy saved on you MacBook Air, do a spotlight search.

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