Writing a screenplay?
If you're looking for info on how a screenplay should be formatted, then this is a good place to start... http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/format.html If you're looking for a guide to traditional storytelling, then try this... http://www.google.com/search?q=three+act+structure
Which are the best book for learning screenplay writing?
Here are some books:How not to write a screenplay.Link: How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make: Denny Martin Flinn: 9781580650151: Amazon. com: BooksThe Screenwriter’s Bible.Link: The Screenwriter’s Bible, 6th Edition: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script (Expanded & Updated): David Trottier: 9781935247104: Amazon. com: Books…Good answer although the video goes into a little more depth.Screenwriting has changed a lot over the last 10 years. In some ways it has become a lot more competitive and tougher to break into. There’s more money in it than ever and anyone with a keyboard can sit in their room and type up a script.However as methods improve we’re seeing a lot of last generations screen writers fall behind. Combine that with the ever driving demand for entertainment fueled by services like Netflix and we have more openings than ever.But if you’re getting started with screen writing you need to seperate yourself from the rest of the pack. If you haven’t seen it already this looks at the change in methods and gives you the audiobook of Save the Cat which has been the ‘must have’ for screenwriters over the last 15 years: How Young Guns in Screenwriting are Winning. – Talz Mag – Medium
How to write script for stage play?
Actually, Johan's example above is great except that it's more the type used for film. Rarely in theatre do you see indications such as INTERIOR or EXTERIOR--they're more important for film. Also, do your actors a favour and never indicate the emotion of how a line should be done. It's one of the most irritating things a writer can do, and actors really enjoy having to work it out for themselves (it makes the scene feel much more alive). My best advice is to look at a few plays. Just go to the library or bookshop and pick up a few, you don't even need to take them with you, just look at the formatting and layout of a few different titles (different publishers have their own layout preferences) and see if that gives you a start. Conventional plays include who says what and stage directions. There are plenty of works out there that experiment with this format, though, so it's not always like this. (In Sarah Kane's 4:48 Psychosis, for example, there is no indication of how many characters there are and who says what line. Every group has to make their own decisions on that.) When actors read a script, many of them will look very carefully at what their character says and does, as well as what other characters say about their character. That's a very common way of analysing and starting to build a character. There are no hard and fast rules about drama or plot or anything like that (it depends on whether you want to write a well-made comedy or do something completely experiemental). The best way to learn is to read other scripts.
What is the best screenwriting software out there?
I want to start writing more screenplays and TV scripts and with screenwriting software, it will be a much smoother process than using Word templates and I will know that it is all formatted correctly. I do use Celtx which I think is very good for screenplays but it doesn't have a television script format option and I was wondering if anyone out there knew which was the best screenwriting software out there to invest my money in? Any insight and advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks!