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Writing a screenplay is an incredibly ambitious and overwhelming task. It is arguably one of the most difficult forms of writing — given that a screenplay is necessarily meant to be a blueprint for a whole film/TV production.
Cinema and television are collaborative forms of art. Therefore, writing for them requires a screenwriter to account for considerations specific to film production — in addition to considerations only pertinent to writers. The most obvious difference between writing a screenplay and writing a novel (or anything else, really) is that screenplays are predominantly guided by dialogues, rather than prose or direct descriptions. Your whole story hinges on dialogue — it moves the plot, it is your strongest medium to get your point across.
We’ve made a concise guide that serves as an introduction to your screenwriting journey. Writing a screenplay is quite a dream, so let’s take it one step at a time!
Step 1: Get Your Basics Down!
This is the stage where you prep your writing, Just like you would do for a novel or a short story, this is when you decide what you want to write about. There are a host of things you could do to generate story ideas: talk to friends, keep an idea book…we’ll leave that to you! For your own clarity, you can also…
