Script Check
These articles elaborate on the Screenplay Checklist, a collection of commonly made errors in beginners screenplays.
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FORMATTING TIP: Accent, dialect and foreign language in dialogue
A powerful tool in creating distinctive characters is their language, using accent, dialogue and even foreign language. In the real…
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FORMATTING TIP: Superimposed Text + Over Black
So we've started a YouTube channel! Steven Miao created the opening video sting and Mukul Kandara helped with setting it…
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Final Draft 10 Reviewed
How do you go about writing a screenplay? There are a few of us who sit down at the computer,…
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Why the Fuss about Script Formatting?
It was the most beautiful chocolate cake I had ever seen. The college professor laid it gently on the table.…
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Texting in the Movies
I am frequently asked how to format text messages and email messages while maintaining the script’s “readability.” There are several…
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Formatting Mistakes [Get Ready For The #1 Goof]
About 90% of the complaints I hear from agents and producers have to do with formatting mistakes in scene headings,…