The New Spec Style
There has been a movement toward ‘lean and clean’ screenwriting: Shorter screenplays,
shorter paragraphs, shorter speeches, more white space and the omission of
technical instructions. It should come as no surprise that this gradual evolution
continues to refine spec style.
Your
Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make it Great
A checklist of stuff to do to your script before you send it out.
Dr. Format Answers Your Questions
Dr. Format contains every column Dave Trottier has written for scr(i)pt magazine,
and each entry has been updated to current standards. In all, Dave answers
194 common questions with concise answers and clear, illustrative examples
that empower you to write with confidence.
Don't
Let These Problems Ruin Your Screenplay
What aspiring screenwriters should avoid when writing a spec script.
The Hollywood Standard
Thousands of promising scripts never get a fair read from Hollywood because their
format is wrong. Poor formatting is the mark of an amateur and in the ultra-competitive
world of screenwriting, the wrong first impression can kill your dreams.
Shooting
Scripts
Study screenplays from hit
movies.
Final
Draft
Final Draft is the number-one selling word processor specifically designed for
writing movie scripts, television episodics and stage plays.
Movie
Magic Screenwriter
Program creators added templates from actual television-show scripts,
so writers can get a glimpse of formatting for everything from Friends to
King of the Hill, an invaluable tool for writing spec scripts or just peeking
into the working mechanisms of Tinseltown. There are 50 partial scripts
in all.
Writing on a Mac
Software for Apple computers.
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Find free trial downloads of writing software here
Coherent
Visual
Free script templates
Dependent Films
Script formatting templates.
CYS Templater
From Create your Screenplay.
Sonnyboo
Free templates for filmmakers.
Free Screenwriting
Guide
By Saundra Mitchell.
Scripped
Free web-based script writing software application.
Acta
Outlining freeware for Mac.
