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Overview
The first step toward having your script succeed in Hollywood is by having a correctly formatted screenplay. Quite simply, "Formatting Your Screenplay" is the one book you need for learning this vital skill. In this unique manual, author and screenwriting teacher Rick Reichman walks you through all the major elements of an authentic author's script and gives you strategies for using each element to maximum effect. He also packs sound advice on:. Rewriting the Script
. Differences between an "Author's Script" and a "Production Script"
. How to cover, bind, and mail off a finished script
. Writing for both film and television
Buy this book, use this book, and reference this book often. Over 13,000 people have done that already, and now it's your turn to learn just what separates the "it's okay" script from the "we have a deal" screenplay.
Synopsis
The first step-by-step guide to giving movie and TV screenplays the formatting that Hollywood wants. Of the 100,000 scripts that reach Hollywood each year, most are rejected because they don't follow formatting rules. This unique manual walks aspiring screenwriters through the major elements of authentic script formatting and gives strategies for using each to maximum effect. It also packs sound advice on rewriting, the pros and cons of writers' groups (plus how to find one), formatting with a PC or word processor--even the right way to cover, bind, and mail off a finished draft. Reichman teaches filmwriting at Georgetown University and writing for visual media at American University.