Posted on August 26, 2010 in Screenplay Format | No Comments
Celtx Script is the only mobile screenwriting app that syncs directly with Celtx desktop software, making it easy to write a screenplay from any place at any time.
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Posted on August 13, 2010 in Screenplay Format | 1 Comment
In this video, Karl Soule demonstrates how Adobe Story, a collaborative script development tool designed for creative professionals, can help you create your next script or screenplay.
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Posted on June 28, 2010 in General Screenwriting, Screenplay Format | 4 Comments
It’s easy to feel intimidated by the thought of writing your first screenplay. The rules! The formatting! The binding! Don’t let the seemingly endless parade of screenwriting elements scare you away from writing your first script. Since a familiarity with the basics of the craft is half the battle, The Writers Store has created this [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2009 in Screenplay Format | No Comments
Celtx v2.5 is here! Many people still think of Celtx as just screenwriting software, but it does so much more. You can use Celtx and for the entire production process – not only write scripts, but create storyboard scenes and sequences, sketch setups, develop characters, breakdown & tag elements, schedule productions, and prepare [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2009 in Screenplay Format, Selling Your Script | 1 Comment
Advanced format and style tips that can turn a good script into a great read
by Christopher Riley
Before a film or television script can fulfill its destiny in front of cameras and on screens around the world, it must first succeed as a piece of literature, a document that captivates the reader before it delights the [...]
Posted on September 21, 2009 in Screenplay Format, Story | 1 Comment
by Christina Hamlett
When I was a young aspiring writer, I had a strong aversion to the use of “said” in a story. My justification was that it was blah. It was uninspired. It was pedestrian. Why use “said,” I rationalized, when there were so many other words in the English language that were way more [...]
Posted on June 24, 2009 in Featured, Screenplay Format | 4 Comments
When it comes to formatting, screenplays follow strict rules. Proper format is the first thing agents and other prospective readers look for in a script. In this hyper competitive world, you can’t afford a bad first impressions.
Beyond the basics of layout and margins, there are some gray areas of formatting that every writer will eventually [...]
Posted on May 14, 2009 in Screenplay Format | 2 Comments
John August takes a brief look at the new bits in the latest Final Draft, including a peek into the new file format and the package contents.
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Posted on April 22, 2009 in Screenplay Format, Storyboarding | No Comments
If you haven’t already downloaded Celex now is the time, if you have, now is the time to update. Celtx released a update to their 2.0 release in February. Version 2.0.1 includes some improvements and important bug squashes.
Also check out our recently posted a list of 55 Celtx Tutorials.
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Posted on April 20, 2009 in Featured, Screenplay Format, Storyboarding | 9 Comments
Whoever said you can’t get something for nothing never used Celtx. This is not just one of the best open source programs, it one of the best pieces of filmmaking software period. And, with the newly released v2.0 it’s even better.
In this feature we gathered together the best tutorials we could find. The [...]
Posted on March 3, 2009 in Screenplay Format | No Comments
Celtx v.2.0 has been released and available for Download from Celtx.com.
…RELEASE NOTES:
NEW FEATURES
CELTX STUDIOS
We are pleased to introduce Celtx Studios, a set of web services designed to work with the Celtx software. Your Celtx Studio provides:
Web Based Storage and Access to Your Media Projects
Media Projects created in Celtx can be saved straight to your Celtx [...]
Posted on October 9, 2008 in Screenplay Format | No Comments
Formatting tricks of the trade, to manipulate the all important page count. For the obsessive-compulsive screenwriter. Or is that redundant?
…Any script with a page length over 125 is suspect. Over 130, and the script is, at best, an interim draft with “Lots more work to be done.”
…Any slight advantage is worth gaining. Nothing that might [...]
Posted on August 14, 2008 in Screenplay Format | No Comments
by Christopher Riley
We’ve all heard the warning against overwriting our screenplays by including too much camera direction or too many slug lines. We worry about getting it wrong, because we’re professionals. Or at least we want our scripts to make us look that way.
A little knowledge about how the pros use shot headings will go [...]
Posted on July 26, 2008 in Screenplay Format | 1 Comment
by David Trottier
There has been a lot of talk lately about the new spec formatting style. Throughout the 1990s, there has been a movement toward ‘lean and clean’ screenwriting: Shorter screenplays, shorter paragraphs, shorter speeches, more white space and the omission of technical instructions. It should come as no surprise that this gradual evolution continues [...]
Posted on July 22, 2008 in Screenplay Format | No Comments
by David Trottier
Q: A Reader’s Script Formatting Question: How does a writer denote in a spec screenplay the fact that a character has a double identity and is known to individual characters under two separate identities? Example: a character is known as ‘BILL’ to one set of characters, but ‘JIM’ to another — do you [...]
