The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats, Part 1 (Pt.1) [Paperback]

Judith H. Haag (Author), Hillis R. Cole (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 170 pages
• Publisher: CMC Publishing; Revised edition (December 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929583000
• ISBN-13: 978-0929583006
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "MUST" for all potential scriptwriters!, January 15, 1999

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This review is from: The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats, Part 1 (Pt.1) (Paperback)

I have a lot of books on scriptwriting. This one by far is the best reference book I've found. Before you can sell your script, you need an agent; before you can get an agent, you need a script written in the proper format (I can't emphasize this enough!); and this book tells you everything you need to create an industry-standard script. This book is a "MUST" for anyone writing or thinking about writing a script!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MY BIBLE... and I'm a professional screenwriter/producer., February 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats, Part 1 (Pt.1) (Paperback)

I run an annual screenplay competiton and read 100+ scripts a year - I recommend this book to ALL my writers. My copy is dog-eared, highlighted, and post-it flagged. THERE IS NO BETTER BOOK YOU CAN BUY!

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buyers Beware, April 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats, Part 1 (Pt.1) (Paperback)

While this book is very informative on all the different types of scripts you can write, it has two major counts against it. First, it was written in 1983 for people using typewriters. All the margin information is thus useless to most of us now using wordprocessors. The hastily written section on wordprocessing considerations, doesn't remedy the problem. Also, the brief introduction with a list of DO's and DON'T'S for new writers does not clarify the enourmous confusion I encoutered when trying to figure out which set of diretions I should follow for writing a reading script. But if you are in the business and need to know how to write shooting scripts for either feature length movies or T.V. shows, this is a great book.