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Screenwriting.info
Update 2007-03-01: I'm planning to add new material to Screenwriting.info after the current session of my online screenwriting course ends. Also, I've started working on a tutorial for Final Draft screenwriting software after nabbing a copy of version 7.1 during the big 20% off sale at the Writers Store. Stay tuned!
Introduction If you are new to screenwriting, planning to write a screenplay or script of any kind, the good news is that writing in screenplay format is easier and more intuitive today than at any time since first Lanier Word Processing Machine. Advances in screenwriting software now save the hours you would previously have spent learning how to write a screenplay in professional Hollywood format can now be allocated to polishing your plot, honing your dialogue, or learning screenplay structure. Some think screenplay writing is eclipsing the pursuit of the Great American Novel but it certainly isn't any easier. At any rate the making of movies is a collaborative process which demands that those in screenwriting produce a document in particular format, notation, and length called a 'script.'
This overview will begin acquaint you with the screenplay format writing rules and screenwriting etiquette you'll need to know about, and as you browse the following material you may notice the words 'don't', 'avoid' and '...' unless you are directing the movie.' Take that advice to heart. As you become more familiar with the world of screenwriting you'll understand why but for now the scope of this document prohibits a deeper explanation.
Learning how to write a screenplay involves many facets but I hope this basic information will give you a head start on your endeavors, including practical information to help you get your scripts read. And hopefully turned into movies.
Table of Contents - What Exactly Is a Script? What Makes Good Story?
- Script Styles, Submission Scripts, and Shooting Scripts
- Spec Screenplay Page Properties and Script Length
- Script Elements and Scene Heading
- Action
- Character Name
- Dialogue
- Parenthetical
- Extension
- Transition
- Shots
- Page Breaking, Finer Points, Dual Dialogue, and Adlibs
- Abbreviations and Montages
- A Series of Shots and Short Lines/Poetry/Lyrics
- Intercuts
- Titles or Opening Credits, and Superimpose or Title
- Title Page
- Production Drafts, Top Continued and Bottom Continued
- Locking Your Script Pages and Locking Your Scenes
- Header, Do's and Don'ts
- Other Script Formats
- Title Page of TV Movies
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