How I Write A Script

I’ve just been reviewing an EXCELLENT series by screenwriter, and screenwriting teacher Scott Myers.

Scott Myers has been writing screenplays since 1987 when Universal Studios bought and produced K-9, a spec script he co-wrote. Other movie credits include: Alaska (1996), starring Thora Birch, andTrojan War (1997), starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Scott is an Executive Producer with Distillery Pictures, and teaches screenwriting at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and online through UCLA Extension in his spare time.

This series of 10 blog posts essentially take us through the process he uses to develop a script.

How I Write A Script is found on Scott’s Blog … Go Into The Story

Part 1 — Story Concept

Part 2 — Brainstorming

Part 3 — Research

Part 4 — Character Development

Part 5 — Plotting

Part 6 — Outline

Part 7 — Script Diary

Part 8 — 1st Draft

Part 9 — 2nd Draft

Part 10 — 3rd Draft

Scott’s script writing process will give you a glimpse of a working writer in action. You will probably take parts of what he does and create your own process.

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