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Study other writers’ screenplays

The internet is a great research tool for any subject, including screenwriting. There are many sites that provide free scripts for the majority of movies. The best way to learn is to read lots of screenplays and study their style. Notice what they have in common with each other and how they are unique. I find this particularly useful when I see a cool and unique scene in a movie and wonder “Hmm… I wonder how this scene was written in the screenplay”.

The following websites provide scripts for free:

http://www.simplyscripts.com/movie.html

http://www.dailyscript.com/

http://www.script-o-rama.com/snazzy/table.html

http://www.imsdb.com/

http://www.movie-page.com/movie_scripts.htm

http://sfy.ru/

http://www.moviescriptsandscreenplays.com/

http://www.awesomefilm.com/

03/27/2008 | Screenwriting | Comments