How to Format a Screenplay

If you do not have the proper screenplay format, your script will be judged as amateurish, putting it in the pile of rejected scripts. Learn how to use proper screenplay format to give off the first impression of being a professional screenwriter.

ASK DR. FORMAT: Directing the Camera Without Using Camera Directions

ASK DR. FORMAT: The Camera as a Character

Speed-the-Read: Using White Space and Typography to Make Your Script a Map for the Eye

Punctuation & Grammar Guidance for Screenwriters

ASK DR. FORMAT: How to Format a Zoom Conversation

ASK DR. FORMAT: A Crash Course in Scene Headings, Part 2

ASK DR. FORMAT: A Crash Course in Scene Headings

ASK DR. FORMAT: Off Screen and Voice Over, Everything You Want to Know

ASK DR. FORMAT: Screenplay Formatting Tips - Texts, IMs, E-Mails, Skype and More

ASK DR. FORMAT: Slugging Out Slug Lines

Writer Challenge: Read a Script a Day for 21 Days

Be a Writer, Be a Misfit: Interview with Screenwriting Misfit David Flanagan

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Screenplay Format Smorgasbord

ASK DR. FORMAT: Screenplay Formatting - The Skype Hype

SHORT CIRCUIT: So You Want To Be A Screenwriter (Vol. 1)

THE SCREENWRITER ANSWER: 10 Most Common Screenwriting Questions

ASK DR. FORMAT: How to Get More White on the Page

FORMATTING: A Bit of History

ASK DR. FORMAT: Formatting Voiceover, Prelap and Chyron

ASK DR. FORMAT: Is Formatting the Cause of Insanity in Screenwriters?

SCREENPLAY FORMAT: Action and Dialogue

SCREENPLAY FORMAT: The Most Common Formatting Mistake

SUBMISSIONS INSANITY: 5 Wrong Writing Beliefs That Will Hold You Back In 2016

SCREENPLAY FORMAT: Dr. Format Answers Your Questions

WENDY'S LA4HIRE: Essential Ingredients to Writing a Screenplay that's Powerful

The Importance of Screenplay Formatting

SCREENPLAY FORMAT: Why Not Use Camera Directions For Screenplays?

MEET THE READER: Formulaic Thinking

All About Flashbacks

The Readability Factor

Submissions Insanity: Extreme Christmas Turkey Edition

Script Gods Must Die: Action Lines - The Key is POV

Breaking In: Abraham Lincoln, Verbosity Hunter

Why Spec Scripts Fail - Failure To Do Your Homework - Part 3

Why Spec Scripts Fail: Failure To Do Your Homework-Part 2

Submissions Insanity # 11: How To Win Screenwriting Competitions

From The Lens: Writing Action Lines

Why Spec Scripts Fail: Screenwriting Format - Details vs. ‘Detailitus’ Part 1

What You Must Know About Script Format

Meet the Reader: A Few Things We’d Really Like You to Stop Doing

MEET THE READER: Linear Equations - Non-Linear vs Linear Narrative

Specs & The City: "We see..." and 'Heat' & 'The Breakfast Club'

Visual Mindscape: Voice Overs – Yes You Can!

Screenwriter's Guidepost: How Much Does Screenplay Format Really Matter?

Meet the Reader: Length Does Matter

Meet the Reader: Screenplay Formatting - On Sluglines and Other Matters

Business of Screenwriting: Things a Screenwriter Should and Should Not Do

Specs & The City: Flashbacks and 'Reservoir Dogs'

Ask the Expert: INTERCUT - Conversations and Actions

Making Magic with Chris Huntley and Stephen Greenfield