Moe Maishlish
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Mar 30, 1999
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Has anyone here ever written a screenplay?
I'm interesting in writing a couple... one is an adaptation of an existing work, and the other would be an original idea of my own creation. My plan is not necessarily to produce these and shop them out for sale, I just kind of want to create them to get my thoughts down on paper. The problem is that although I know what I want to write about, I'm not quite sure about how to approach screenplay writing.
I visited a local bookstore last week and found dozens of books about creating a screenplay... with all the information, I was more than a little shell-shocked and started experiencing information overload. I left without having purchased a single book - I wanted to ask around and find out what options might be available to me.
Is there a good online resource for creating a screenplay? Can someone recommend a good book that I could use to learn the process?
Any help would be appreciated.
Moe.
I'm interesting in writing a couple... one is an adaptation of an existing work, and the other would be an original idea of my own creation. My plan is not necessarily to produce these and shop them out for sale, I just kind of want to create them to get my thoughts down on paper. The problem is that although I know what I want to write about, I'm not quite sure about how to approach screenplay writing.
I visited a local bookstore last week and found dozens of books about creating a screenplay... with all the information, I was more than a little shell-shocked and started experiencing information overload. I left without having purchased a single book - I wanted to ask around and find out what options might be available to me.
Is there a good online resource for creating a screenplay? Can someone recommend a good book that I could use to learn the process?
Any help would be appreciated.
Moe.