This document provides instructions and formatting guidelines for writing a screenplay, including details on registering with the Writers Guild of America, copyrighting a script, finding representation, and entering screenwriting contests. It includes the basic structure for sluglines, character headings, dialogue, and descriptions. Links are also provided for screenwriting resources, agencies, minimum pay scales, and script registration sites.

1. <Screenwright(R) screenplay formatting template v1.3>
<View Field Names [Ctrl+F9] if you see mostly "Placeholder" on this page.>
<Delete/replace text surrounded by <> angle brackets (don't remove line
breaks)>
"<Title @Ln18; F11 = Format, Styles and Formatting, ¶: Title1>"
Screenplay by
<Your Name [@Ln25]>
Registered WGAw
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© 2009 <Your Name>
_@_.com
www.9TimeZones.com/scr
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Close>
<Address>

2. Representation:

3. "<Title [Title3]>"
FADE IN:< @Ln2 Heading 1 Ctrl+1>
EXT. PLACE - TIME< @Ln3 (first SLUGLINE) Heading 1 Ctrl+1>
<Description @Ln4 Heading 1 Ctrl+1>
<CHARACTER HEADING 2 CTRL+2>
(<Wrylie Heading 3 Ctrl+3>)
<Dialogue Heading 4 Ctrl+4>
<EXT./INT. (SLUGLINES AFTER THE FIRST ONE) HEADING 5 CTRL+5>
<Description Heading 1 Ctrl+1>
This screenplay template is available from:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/scr2
and: http://www.9TimeZones.com/scr/#x
, and it's based on Screenwright(R) margins:
http://www.9TimeZones.com/ia/scr.htm
, a system which uses Part I of Cole & Haag's The Complete Guide to Standard
Script Formats (ISBN
0-929583-00-0) as the guide for its text formatting.
This template won an OpenOffice.org CIP Award from Sun Microsystems!
To generate a personalized version of this scr2.ott template: [1] insert your
name/address/etc., [2] delete unwanted text and links, [3] save the revisions
in a new template (File, Templates, Save, scr2a, OK).
Using your iPod to write screenplays (you can also use your thumb/flash
drive, mp3 player, or favorite USB storage device): (a) at the bottom of your
iPod's "Summary" tab in iTunes, check the "Enable disk use" box, and click
the "Apply" button; (b) install the free OpenOffice.org Portable suite on
your iPod; and (c) install this template on your iPod. Details:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/scr2
WGAw schedule of minimums:
http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=1027
WGAw agents: http://www.wga.org/agency/agencylist.asp
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Register script: http://www.wgawregistry.org
or: https://www.wgaeast.org/index.php?id=238

4. Copyright script: http://www.copyright.gov/forms
DGA agency: http://www.dga.org/dga_members
SAG locate: http://www.sag.org/content/agency-relations
Nicholl fellowship:
http://www.oscars.org/awards/nicholl
Zoetrope contest: http://www.zoetrope.com/contests
The Black List: http://www.blcklst.com
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Universal color sequence for script revision pages: White, Blue, Pink,
Yellow, Green, Goldenrod, Buff, Salmon, Cherry, Tan; White, etc.
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