Reading Time: 5 minutes We’ve all heard stories about writers propelling themselves to stardom by selling their first script. While bits and pieces of a screenwriter career have been glamorized, many aspects of starting out get omitted. This article will focus on ways you can create opportunities for yourself as an early-career screenwriter. Best Festivals/Competitions to Enter Film festivals
Reading Time: 5 minutes So you’ve made the decision to write a screenplay. Great! You set your alarm early, brew a pot of coffee, pull up Final Draft, and type FADE IN. There’s only one small problem: You don’t know how to write a script. Don’t worry! There are many tricks for selecting your first script, especially if you
Reading Time: 4 minutes Just how do you become a professional screenwriter? Screenwriting is one of the most desirable job roles in filmmaking, making success within this role especially difficult. The good news is screenwriters are highly paid, taking home an average of 2% of the films overall production budget. In this article, you will learn about how to
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Part 1 (How to Format a Screenplay), we discussed the four main components: scene headings (also known as slug lines), action (also known as scene description, dialogue, and transitions. In Part 2, we’ll go further. Let’s dive in! Special Situations There will be times when you need even more tools in your formatting toolbox.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Before you sit down to write your first screenplay, you have to know how a screenplay should look on the page. The best way to familiarize yourself with how to format a screenplay properly (and screenwriting in general) is by reading scripts. Check out websites like The Internet Movie Script Database (don’t let its ‘90s
Reading Time: 5 minutes If you have ever wanted to write a comedy script but have no idea where to start, then look no further – apart from the rest of the article below.. definitely look further than this opening sentence! From the idiosyncrasies of your characters to the laborious re-writes, writing a comedy script can seem like a
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you want to write a screenplay, you need a really good original story. So study the news, make notes of things that intrigue you, watch films and TV, and find for inspiration everywhere. If a feature is too much of a challenge, start with two minutes (two pages) and work up to 10, then
