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Chan790

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1. I'm not but I have before.
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:46 PM
Mar 2012

It's how I wrote my script that sold but never shot.

What scriptwriting software are you using? I recommend using scriptwriting software, it makes it so much easier to write script. If you don't want to shell out a few hundred dollars, there is a decent not-great open-source freeware offering called CeltX. It's powerful and intuitive and it'll save you a few thousand keystrokes in formatting.

http://www.celtx.com

Edit: I generally don't favor Scriptfrenzy because it's actually too long time-wise. 100 page script in 30 days is 3 pages a day. A page of dialogue is at-most 250 words, A page of setting or direction is maybe 350 words. It might take 30 days from genesis through notecards and plotting to finish writing a script but the writing itself should be fairly-quick if you've fleshed out the idea and answered the questions.

Edit 2: Research is the time-suck in scriptwriting.

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I'm not but I have before. Chan790 Mar 2012 #1
That is what I use. geardaddy Mar 2012 #2
yup, that and THE VIEW. TeamPooka Nov 2012 #3
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