Important as it is that there be a script, equally important is the necessity for that script to be written in the correct standard format appropriate for a given filming situation. This book gives step-by-step instructions on how to prepare your script in the standard format used in the industry.

Discover How to Master Screenplay Format!Want to learn screenplay format? (Without spending years reading horrible zombie scripts?)Want to ensure your screenplays don't look amateurish and terribly out-of-date?Do phone calls, montages and flashbacks leave you pulling your hair out? Fear not, screenwriter! Because in "Screenplay Format Made Stupidly Easy," former screenplay reader and optioned screenwriter, Michael Rogan, shows you: ¿How to Master Location Headings (Like a Pro)¿How to Never Screw Up Secondary Shot Headings (Ever Again!)¿Dialogue Formatting Tricks Nobody Wants You to Know About¿The Ins and Outs of Screenplay Transitions¿The Secrets to Phone Calls, Montages and Flashbacks!¿and so much more!And each chapter includes easy-to-follow action steps to help you boost your screenwriting IQ - without taking a single $2,000 seminar. You CAN master screenplay format! (Even if you know nothing about screenplay format!)So, why not begin your quest to world-class screenwriting awesomeness...today!

The New Elements of Standard Screenplay Format is a simplified guide to the rules and uses of standard screenplay format in the computer age. After years of complaints from script readers about the abysmal format of screenplays and hundreds of conflicting books, websites, and articles of what format is, here, finally, is a definitive work on the reason why format exists and how it can be used to improve both the screenplay and the connection between writer and production. While screenplay format has not changed much since the 1930'S, the word processor and digital production breakdown software have created new challenges for the 21st century screenwriter. Format should make the script mesh seamlessly into digital production software, which only looks for correct format. Without correct format, script readers, producers, and film crews may not believe the script is professional or producible or that the writer is someone to bring onto the set. Screenplay format was developed by the film industry to better insure the work of a screenwriter would be accurately and effectively translated to film. This book simplifies these rules for the writer and explains their purpose and uses. It also weeds out those format elements which annoy readers and hinder the work of A.D.s and P.M.s prepping a script for production.

Discover How to Master Screenplay Format! Want to learn screenplay format? (Without spending years reading horrible zombie scripts?) Want to ensure your screenplays don't look amateurish and terribly out-of-date? Do phone calls, montages and flashbacks leave you pulling your hair out? Fear not, screenwriter! Because in "Screenplay Format Made Stupidly Easy," former screenplay reader and optioned screenwriter, Michael Rogan, shows you: - How to Master Location Headings (Like a Pro) - How to Never Screw Up Secondary Shot Headings (Ever Again!) - Dialogue Formatting Tricks Nobody Wants You to Know About - The Ins and Outs of Screenplay Transitions - The Secrets to Phone Calls, Montages and Flashbacks! ...and so much more! And each chapter includes easy-to-follow action steps to help you boost your screenwriting IQ - without taking a single $2,000 seminar. You CAN master screenplay format! (Even if you know nothing about screenplay format!) So, why not begin your quest to world-class screenwriting awesomeness...today!

ScriptBully editor, and former screenplay reader, Michael Rogan shares insider strategies of how to brainstorm, write, (rewrite) and eventually sell that screenplay that's burning inside you.

This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!

Veteran script consultant Jill Chamberlain discovered in her work that an astounding 99 percent of first-time screenwriters don’t know how to tell a story. These writers may know how to format a script, write snappy dialogue, and set a scene. They may have interesting characters and perhaps some clever plot devices. But, invariably, while they may have the kernel of a good idea for a screenplay, they fail to tell a story. What the 99 percent do instead is present a situation. In order to explain the difference, Chamberlain created the Nutshell Technique, a method whereby writers identify eight dynamic, interconnected elements that are required to successfully tell a story. Now, for the first time, Chamberlain presents her unique method in book form with The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting. Using easy-to-follow diagrams (“nutshells”), she thoroughly explains how the Nutshell Technique can make or break a film script. Chamberlain takes readers step-by-step through thirty classic and contemporary movies, showing how such dissimilar screenplays as Casablanca, Chinatown, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Silver Linings Playbook, and Argo all have the same system working behind the scenes, and she teaches readers exactly how to apply these principles to their own screenwriting. Learn the Nutshell Technique, and you’ll discover how to turn a mere situation into a truly compelling screenplay story.

Discover How to Master Screenplay Dialogue!Want to learn how to write GREAT screenplay dialogue? (But not sure how to get started?)Have a killer story idea but confused on how to make sure your characters sound like humans? (Not robots!) Fear not, intrepid screenwriter!Because in "How to Write a Script With Dialogue That Doesn't suck," former screenplay reader and optioned screenwriter, Michael Rogan, shows you: ¿What the $^ Dialogue is Supposed to Do¿How to Steal Your Way to Awesome Dialogue¿3 Tips for Writing Exposition That Doesn't Put Readers in a Coma¿How to Cut and Mutilate Your Dialogue (for Maximum Awesomeness) ¿4 Keys to Making Sure All Your Characters Don't All Sound the Same ¿and so much more!And each chapter includes easy-to-follow action steps to help you boost your screenwriting IQ - without taking a single $2,000 seminar. You CAN master screenplay dialogue! (Even if you think you suck at dialogue.) So, why not begin your quest to world-class screenwriting awesomeness...today!

"A hilarious and helpful insider's guide to launching a successful writing career in Hollywood. . . . The only compass readers will ever need to navigate the treacherous waters of filmmaking"--("Kirkus Reviews," starred review).

Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays in this perfect gift for aspiring screenwriters. Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film school can be confident their career has just taken a quantum leap forward. His students have written more than ten projects for Steven Spielberg alone, plus hundreds of other Hollywood blockbusters and prestigious indie productions, including two Oscar winners for best original screenplay—Milk (2008) and Sideways (2006). In this updated edition, Walter integrates his highly coveted lessons and principles from Screenwriting with material from his companion text, The Whole Picture, and includes new advice on how to turn a raw idea into a great movie or TV script-and sell it. There is never a shortage of aspiring screenwriters, and this book is their bible.