To ensure this doesn’t happen, your best option is to invest in a professional screenwriting program and use it to write your script. A skeptical reader will consider the script “amateurish” or “unprofessional”, and that’s all before they even dive into your story and characters.
If an agent, manager or producer read a screenplay that isn’t formatted to industry standards, you’ll instantly be creating an obstacle for yourself. You might think simply using a word-processing program on your computer will do the trick, but this isn’t advisable if you want to be professional -never give readers a reason to say “no”.Īlthough a word-processing program does include some basic formatting tools (fonts, styles, spellcheck, etc.), it doesn’t offer the formatting tools specifically tailored for the film and television industry.
