TravisLegge Wrote:BoJangles

I've written a few. Would be more than happy to give advice too. The primary piece of advice is this:

Write, and write, then write some more, until you have a first-draft length script (a page of script per minute on screen is a common, if often inaccurate measure). Once that is done, spend 20 bucks and register it with the Writers Guild of America before you go asking people for critiques and advice, that way you're protected. You can register subsequent drafts (as often as you like) for twenty bucks a pop. It may not hurt to have people sign a Non-Disclosure before you show them too, just to be safe.

But the key component to writing is writing, and re-writing, and then re-writing. Getting a loose beginning, middle and end on the page, even if they will all change drastically in re-writes, is the best thing you can do, IMHO.

Of course, I could be utterly wrong. it's been known to happen.

Thanks,
Travis

Mr. Briggs Inc. Wrote:Write, write, write, and rewrite; that has definitely worked for me in my limited experience, and I will now try to keep my beginning middle and end "loose" as per the advice

...but I'm not going guild. The guild and their strikin' ways are supposedly a big reason why we do not have PHANTASM V :/

TravisLegge Wrote:Here's the cool thing, Mr. Briggs:

You can register a screenplay with the WGA without being a member. You get all of the benefits of having a registered legal verifiable date without any of the WGA's bullshit.

And its cheaper than a copyright and provides for multiple draft revisions.

All in all, a pretty sweet deal.

TravisLegge Wrote:Here's the cool thing, Mr. Briggs:

You can register a screenplay with the WGA without being a member. You get all of the benefits of having a registered legal verifiable date without any of the WGA's bullshit.

And its cheaper than a copyright and provides for multiple draft revisions.

All in all, a pretty sweet deal.

Mr. Briggs Inc. Wrote:Huh, I thought they'd be stricter than that; that's pretty awesome o.O

PitWeston Wrote:never wrote a script. Wrote a book. It'll never see the light of day though. My editing skills are about as funny as Jimmy Fallon.

TerrorScribe Wrote:I think I'm going to do ScriptFrenzy this year after taking last year off. Anyone else going to do it?

PitWeston Wrote:never wrote a script. Wrote a book. It'll never see the light of day though. My editing skills are about as funny as Jimmy Fallon.

Mr. Briggs Inc. Wrote:Hey, don't count yourself out; writing a book is a good accomplishment, if you think people would be interested in sharing that, you should try your best to seize the opportunity

PitWeston Wrote:By they way, my book, it's a book about good vs. evil.
religion. Everyone's favorite subject.

PitWeston Wrote:I always say I will and always say I never will. Let's say my grammar and spelling is horrid. I mean, real bad. Would an editior tell me to 'eff off' or will they do their best to aid me?

By they way, my book, it's a book about good vs. evil.
religion. Everyone's favorite subject.