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Register it with the WGA and/or copyright it. That way they can't directly steal. ( I'm still closing out with a director who tried to do just that, but now WGA registration is a big nail in his coffin.) Other than that, I'm afraid it's naive to think your script is truly all that original...

Your blocks of dialogue are to long. Break them up with action. If it's half like that, it'll be hell on the eyes to read for 120 pages, regardless of content. A spec (or reader) script is a poem and must please my script weary eyes FIRST AND FOREMOST. And I want a picture in my head, not a...

Here's a couple three logs... Here's a couple three logs... COMEDY ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD WGAw Reg. 1373797 A wannabe screenwriter on a hunt for a legendary piece of Sinatra memorabilia is hampered by the competition and an irate meth dealer. Life and Times on the streets of...

I'm hesitant to post it. Not that you'd recognize it or anything. My first film is to be shot this winter. But geckopelli has a bit of a rep himself, so as a general rule I never post my real name and my moniker on the same forum.

No, sort of -- not until next year. I've done some unaccredited re-write work (inappropriate to disclose). I'm very good with dialogue and adding individuality (quirkiness, really) to characters. I also have an eye for detail-- no inconsistency escapes me. I recently sold rights to a screenplay...

The spec version and the shooting version of American Beauty are quite different. For one thing, he does the girl in the spec.

However, Pulp Fiction was NOT Tarantino's first money for writing deal. He had previously proven himself, and was connected. Unconventional won't cut it for your first sale.

First question: Give this guy some life. Does he nervously try but fail to light a cigarette several time before reading the note? (or after reading the note?). Also, Foreshadow the threat-- tease me. Second question: Do you? you seem to have some doubt about whether or not they are FB's (?)...

In a Spec Script-- don't worry about it. IT'S NOT A WRITERS ISSUE. As long as it's 120 pages or less. Less, hopefully. I'm not a student-- I'm a working screenwriter in Hollywood. I know what I'm talking about.

Read v. Shot Read v. Shot Spec scripts must obey all the rules. However, shooting scripts rarely do. That's the difference. Some 20 year-old NON-FILM student reads the spec first; I know-- my daughter read for Morgan Creek in '07-'08. She passed on many. ACTION and/or intrigue on the first...

Ahhhhh-- no. The "one page one minute" rule is like the the groundhog seeing his shadow. Maybe it means something, maybe not. Action? even with an actual incident described: A wild chase against traffic through city streets, the fleeing limo nearly collides with the oncoming big-rig last...

I'm working on and have completed several screenplays. TV is also on the plate. I'm a Pure Writer. I just made the first cut in the Page Awards (SciFi), expect to make the second next week, and have an Action script entered in the CWA contest-- which, frankly, I expect to do damned well in...