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Guys, I've never written a script before. How should I start it?
"The Joust."
And then you can write the actions between ** like *the lego guy is walking across the street* Or if theres no action just go to the dialoge
I reccomend CeltX. It's a great, free program that lets you create a professionally-formatted script and there's not much of a learning curve.
I reccomend CeltX. It's a great, free program that lets you create a professionally-formatted script and there's not much of a learning curve.
Hmm. I don't know. So, I can trust the website to not sent me viruses?
Loads of people use it, don't worry. It's a great program from what I've heard.
Yes you can. It is, as jstudios said, a widely used program. Look up reviews on Cnet or something similar if you'd like further evidence.
^Your word is good enough for me.
Okay.
I have started my script! It's about 2% done though.
Scene 1: done
Yeah, in fact, I've just downloaded it. 
Works way better than using Word, I recommend it to anyone who needs to use a script in their films.
write the title first.
I have taken multiple creative writing courses, and they all say title last. Sometimes I come up with a great title before/during the scriptwriting process, but I usually come up with a better one after the script is complete/nearly complete. Coming up with the title after the final draft helps a lot, because you have already seen the character progression, and the finale. So as a general rule, titles should be the last thing written for a script.
There's a format to write scripts. I am to lazy to explain it but it's here: http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/F … tting.html
Guys, I really need some help with my script.
It's not very good right now and I don't know how to continue.
Write it, then read it, then re-write it, then read it again...
Write it, then read it, then re-write it, then read it again...
I can't think of what should happen next.
Sometimes it doesn't just come by thinking hard enough. It might come to you when eating lunch, watching TV, or like me often, in the shower and in bed when you can't get any sleep.
Download Celtx. It will help you a lot.
Your problem probably is that you're thinking that you don't know how to continue, instead of thinking of things that could happen next. Think of several things, out of that more things will come until you have something. And I don't see how CeltX would help with thinking of a story, it's a program to write your scripts in, it doesn't write them for you.
I'm just saying that Celtx will help when you start filming. Word or Pages can't do that in a sense that Celtx was made for screenplays. It makes it more organized.
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