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    1. Have a title page. Your script will need a title page. This will include the title and your name, but it will also include your contact information and your agent's information (if you have an agent) 2. Use the correct font, margins and breaks. You will need to use Courier font (typewriter font) (12 point) when writing your script. This will give it a more professional appearance but it is also key for making it easier to read. Similarly, you should use the correct indentations for each part of your script, as it will help the reader differentiate between dialogue, scene description, etc.[1] 3. Give helpful details about the setting and characters. Use slug lines before each scene. These say whether the action is taking place inside or outside, what the location is, and if it is day or night. A character's name should go in all caps above or next to their dialogue (depending on what you're writing for). You can also put instructions, such as pauses, in parentheses. 4. Use the correct formatting for your intended method of presentation. If you want to write a movie script, then you will have to write your script in that format. If you want to write a play script, then you will have to write your script in that format. While they are largely similar, there are distinct differences and learning them all can take time.[2] Read lots of scripts in your intended medium to see how the pros do it. 5. Make sure you haven't written too much. Scripts usually last about one minute per page, though there is certainly some wiggle room.[3] Scripts are not like books in that word counts. It is a definitive way to gauge length.

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    1. Have a title page. Your script will need a title page. This will include the title and your name, but it will also include your contact information and your agent's information (if you have an agent) 2. Use the correct font, margins and breaks. You will need to use Courier font (typewriter font) (12 point) when writing your script. This will give it a more professional appearance but it is also key for making it easier to read. Similarly, you should use the correct indentations for each part of your script, as it will help the reader differentiate between dialogue, scene description, etc.[1] 3. Give helpful details about the setting and characters. Use slug lines before each scene. These say whether the action is taking place inside or outside, what the location is, and if it is day or night. A character's name should go in all caps above or next to their dialogue (depending on what you're writing for). You can also put instructions, such as pauses, in parentheses. 4. Use the correct formatting for your intended method of presentation. If you want to write a movie script, then you will have to write your script in that format. If you want to write a play script, then you will have to write your script in that format. While they are largely similar, there are distinct differences and learning them all can take time.[2] Read lots of scripts in your intended medium to see how the pros do it. 5. Make sure you haven't written too much. Scripts usually last about one minute per page, though there is certainly some wiggle room.[3] Scripts are not like books in that word counts. It is a definitive way to gauge length.

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    How To Write A Script

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    Nani Malloju
    1. Have a title page. Your script will need a title page. This will include the title and your name, but it will also include your contact information and your agent's information (if you have an agent) 2. Use the correct font, margins and breaks. You will need to use Courier font (typewriter font) (12 point) when writing your script. This will give it a more professional appearance but it is also key for making it easier to read. Similarly, you should use the correct indentations for each part of your script, as it will help the reader differentiate between dialogue, scene description, etc.[1] 3. Give helpful details about the setting and characters. Use slug lines before each scene. These say whether the action is taking place inside or outside, what the location is, and if it is day or night. A character's name should go in all caps above or next to their dialogue (depending on what you're writing for). You can also put instructions, such as pauses, in parentheses. 4. Use the correct formatting for your intended method of presentation. If you want to write a movie script, then you will have to write your script in that format. If you want to write a play script, then you will have to write your script in that format. While they are largely similar, there are distinct differences and learning them all can take time.[2] Read lots of scripts in your intended medium to see how the pros do it. 5. Make sure you haven't written too much. Scripts usually last about one minute per page, though there is certainly some wiggle room.[3] Scripts are not like books in that word counts. It is a definitive way to gauge length.

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    SCRIPT TITLE

    Written by
    Name of First Writer
    Based On, If Any
    Address
    Phone Number
    FAE IN!
    E"T# E$E % NI$&T
    S'anti(y '(ad '(ub)oers (ine the din)y, bri'* a((ey +a((#
    At the front of the (ine is ,AC& W-LAN ./01, e2uberant,
    this )uy s+eats 'harm (i*e an o(d%time mo3ie star#
    ,a'h shi3ers and turns to the BO4NCER#
    ,AC&
    &o+ mu'h (on)er unti( you (et
    me in5
    BO4NCER
    Loo* man, +e 6ust o7ened# We
    don8t ha3e s7a'e for e3eryone#
    ,a'h huffs and re(a2es ba'* a)ainst the +a((#
    A )or)eous 'ou7(e s*i7s the (ine, handin) o3er b(a'*
    7(asti' 'ards +ith a red 9e: et'hed on one side# The
    boun'er e2amines the 'ards before handin) them ba'* to
    the 'ou7(e and +a3in) them into the '(ub#
    ,AC&
    What +as that about5
    BO4NCER
    They are members, sir#
    ,AC&
    And +hat does one ha3e to do
    to be'ome a member5
    BO4NCER
    If you ha3e to as*, you
    aren8t meant to *no+#
    ,AC&
    O*ay buddy, I didn8t +ant to ha3e
    to 7u(( this 'ard, but I8m a
    member of the 7ress%%
    ,a'h 7u((s out his 7ress bad)e, and the boun'er )(an'es at
    it#
    BO4NCER
    .firm1
    P(ease (ea3e no+#
    ,AC&
    But I8m su77osed to be 'o3erin)
    the '(ub#
    BO4NCER
    No 6ourna(ists a((o+ed#
    ,AC&
    Are you sure that8s the 'ase5 I8d
    (i*e to 'he'* +ith the o+ner#
    BO4NCER
    I8(( 'he'* +ith the boss no+#
    .7ause1
    Boss says no#
    ,AC&
    But it8s free 7ub(i'ity#
    BO4NCER
    oes it (oo* (i*e +e need it5
    ,a'h (oo*s ba'* at the (ine that 'ur(s around the b(o'*#
    BO4NCER .CONT81
    No+ 7(ease (ea3e or I8(( ha3e you
    for'ib(y remo3ed#
    ,a'h thro+s his hands u7 in surrender and (ea3es the
    (ine, i)norin) the (oo*s from the other '(ub%ho7efu(s
    as he +a(*s 7ast#
    INT# T&E AIL- OFFICES % IRA8S OFFICE % A-
    A sma(( but 7o(ished room# Wa((s (ined +ith she(3es
    from f(oor to 'ei(in), a(( sta'*ed +ith ne+s7a7ers,
    boo*s, and stora)e 'ontainers, a(( meti'u(ous(y
    mar*ed#
    T+o 'hairs fa'e the e27ansi3e des*, one +a(( (ined
    +ith +indo+s (oo*in) out o3er the ne+sroom#
    ,a'h hurries 7ast the door#
    IRA
    ,a'h; $et in here#
    ,a'h 7auses ha(f+ay 7ast the +indo+s and ba'*tra'*s into
    the room to fa'e IRA BARTON .<01, a stern +oman +ho
    'ommands the attention of e3ery room she +a(*s into#
    Turnin) on the 'harm, ,a'h s(i7s on a broad )rin#
    ,AC&
    What 'an I do for you, Idra5
    IRA
    Where8s that 7ie'e on Ed)e5
    ,AC&
    About that%%
    IRA
    ,a'h, I needed that 7ie'e
    yesterday# E3ery day that '(ub is
    o7en +e run the ris* of (osin)
    the 6um7#
    ,AC&
    I *no+, it8s 6ust harder to )et
    in than I thou)ht# They +on8t
    e3en (et me in the front door#
    IRA
    It8s a '(ub, not the =ati'an# $et
    in and )et it done#
    ,AC&
    It8s not that easy#
    IRA
    I don8t 'are# -ou +anna be a
    6ourna(ist5 Be a 6ourna(ist and
    sto7 +hinin) +hi(e you sti(( ha3e
    a 6ob be'ause that 'ou(d 'han)e#
    ,AC&
    If you +ou(d 6ust (et me do
    somethin) more than hundred +ord
    +rite%u7s on '(ubs, I 'ou(d sho+
    you ho+ 3a(uab(e I am#
    IRA
    &o+ am I su77osed to trust you
    +ith a ma6or 7ie'e if you 'an8t
    e3en )et into a '(ub5
    ,AC&
    I8((%%
    IRA
    Sto7 ma*in) e2'uses and )et it on
    my des* by tomorro+, or don8t
    bother 'omin) in#
    ,a'h nods as he (ea3es#

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