: 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,

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If you're a Mac user, buy Scrivener. It's , and while it still costs something, it's a lot less than Final Draft.

According to its website:

...its familiar scriptwriting features
make formatting a script
straightforward. So you can draft your
script inside Scrivener using the
unique research and structural tools
and then export it to
industry-standard scriptwriting
software such as Final Draft.

It also has a terrific 'notecard and corkboard' interface which allows you to write in snippets and reorder them at will. You can also drag just about anything into it and use it for reference.

If you're a Windows user, there's yWriter. While there's no 'script' mode, you can at least write in scenes and focus on that.

If you are really dead set on only using a word processor, here's info on just the manuscript format. Good luck!

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