: Re: Formatting for stage, television, and the silver screen What are the formatting rules for scripts? Are there significant variations? What differences are there between stage plays, television,

@Bethany377

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First of all, read current scripts. You can surmise many formatting rules from examples.

Second, buy The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script. This helped me out when I couldn't get my hands on scripts.

Third, there's so much more to screenwriting than just format. There is style, which can only be learned by reading lots and lots of really good scripts. But note that if you're trying to write a spec script, that the rules for you differ greatly from the professionals. Your script must be big on whitespace and short on description. It's not fair, but it's just the way things are.

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