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  • Could Someone Steal Your Script Idea?

    Could Someone Steal Your Script Idea?

    Could someone steal your script idea? The thought of this happening scares many young screenwriters. Creating that million dollar idea just to have it stolen by a wily producer, a double crossing buddy, or worse, an untalented screenwriter. This causes many screenwriters to hide their best ideas out of fear…

  • How To Copyright A Script

    How To Copyright A Script

    You just completed the best script ever. Now you need to protect your baby before it’s stolen. Knowing how to copyright a script is a good idea as a screenwriter. The last thing anybody needs is a legal war over their work. Even though there’s a link to WGA to…

  • How To Come Up With A Title For Your Screenplay

    How To Come Up With A Title For Your Screenplay

    Titles are the first thing an audience or reader takes notice about a film. The title needs to have a ring to it and it has to say something about either the character or the film. If you have a bad title, it’ll turn people off. Sorry to be frank,…

  • How To Write A High Concept Screenplay

    How To Write A High Concept Screenplay

    Do you know how to write a high concept screenplay? Do you even know what high concept means? The term high concept has been misinterpreted and misconstrued by screenwriters for a very long time. Most think it’s a movie that can be pitched in a single sentence. A man fights…

  • Mistakes You Shouldn’t Make While Writing A Screenplay

    Mistakes You Shouldn’t Make While Writing A Screenplay

    Writing is an art and can be acquired by isolating oneself staring down a blank page for hours, creating some conservative ideas of the emotional and structural level. With time your writing can become more vulnerable from the time you spend writing a screenplay. Even pros need to look at…

  • How To Improve Your Script

    How To Improve Your Script

    Script writing isn’t easy if you are not familiar with working on a laptop, screenwriting software and rewriting but where to begin can be confusing. Thinking for some time and not being able to get the scene’s plot in mind can feel overwhelming. If you’re in this situation, close the…

  • How To Rewrite Your Script

    How To Rewrite Your Script

    Rewriting scripts is an art and reopening of the finished screenplay to modify and alter some dialogues, scenes, and plot. Suppose you are an excellent rewriter, then it alone is a big thing to increase the chance of breaking through tenfold. A professional screenwriter accepts rewriting as part of the…

  • How To Write A Scene In A Screenplay

    How To Write A Scene In A Screenplay

    The scene is a significant element in screenplay writing that grabs the reader or viewer’s attention to engage people in what is going on next. Typically professional scriptwriters elevate scene writing to capture the reader’s mind. The sole purpose of screenwriting is to create words on a page that can…

  • How To Write A Good Climax In Your Screenplay

    How To Write A Good Climax In Your Screenplay

    So you thought the difficult part was done? You’ve pushed through the middle of your script after countless hours of laboring over it. Now, you’re going to write the climax. The simple part. Your main character only has to take on the bad guy, but do you know how to…

  • 10 Best Screenwriting Software For Free

    10 Best Screenwriting Software For Free

    Most lists out there claim to be “free”, but halfway through you find out they require payment. It’s also not a list of both paid and free software either. Below is a list of the 10 best screenwriting software for free. Screenwriting Software That’s Not On The List Any program…