Sunday, July 1, 2012

The Scriptment

Don't feel like writing a full on script -- but you're not an outline guy?  Try a Scriptment.  James Cameron is a big fan of these things as you can see here: http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/s/spider-man-scriptment.html.  It's a great tool because you can start on writing the script without feeling like you need every single last details in there.

I'm doing that now on the script I'm working on.  It's like drawing a person -- you start of with broad strokes and then slowly bring in the detail.  Some people can write an outline out and get it ready with lots of detail.... but that doesn't come natural to me.  Of course, the people who can write a detailed outline are probably make a lot more money at screenwriting than I am.

My favorite sites for scripts is: www.simplyscripts.com