Screenplays are like books: everyone thinks they have one in them.

He was closing a tragic but fascinating case, and he thought it had potential to be a major film. Learn how to write a movie script that filmmakers-and an audience-loves!įADE IN: Why I’m Thinking About Writing a ScreenplayĮarlier this week, a friend who’s a lawyer approached me about a writing opportunity. In this post we’re going to look at the five step process professional screenwriters use to write a screenplay. In a visual age, with the decline of traditional publishing, you might look to script writing as a way to create the “literature of the future.”īut what is the process of writing a screenplay? How do you even begin? And why is it important to know how writing films are different, but also can be similar, to writing a novel? Have you ever wondered how to write a screenplay? Have you fantasized about writing a Hollywood movie or, with a bit of luck, creating the next great TV series?