Screenplay.com Forums

Announcements

Forum Guidelines and Policies
Please read the rules regarding posting on this message board!

Using the Forums
Need help with the forums? Post your suggestions, questions and comments about using the message board.

The Pub
Come here to talk about any old thing. If it doesn't relate to writing, sit back, put your feet up, order a virtual pint! If you are new to our forums, come here to introduce yourself and learn a little about the rest of us as well.

Screenplay.com Website
Post your suggestions and comments about our website www.screenplay.com.

Inspiration and Motivation
Where do ideas come from? How do you brainstorm or find new seeds to develop? Having trouble staying motivated or overcoming obstacles in your path? Share tricks and tips for finding new stories to tell and getting them on the page!

The Writing Process
So now you have an outline. Where do you go from here? Discuss getting past FADE IN:.

Breaking In
So you thought filling the blank pages was tough? Now you're ready to make your first million! So how are you going to do it? Give advice on pitching, creating a log line, contacting agents and producers, and more.

Using Screenwriter
Discuss how to use this leading screenplay formatting software. Have a tip? Question? Post it here and share ideas.

Screenwriter Wishlist
Do you have suggestions for Movie Magic Screenwriter? What features would you like to see added or changed?

Dramatica Theory
Come here to ask questions or give advice about the theory that forms the basis of Dramatica.

Practical Dramatica
Discuss the practical use of Dramatica. Have questions about how throughlines should be used, how to create Complex Characters or even the various combinations of the 12 Essential Questions and how they will affect your story go here.

Classics from the Archives
Read or revive posts that have been copied over from the old message board.

Pre-Production
Discuss issues related to scheduling, script editing, set construction, location scouting, casting, etc.

Production
Discuss issues of producing what you've written, production in general, or issues during principal photography.

Post-Production
Discuss issues relating to editing, sound and visual effects after principal photography.

Outline 4D (formerly StoryView)
Have a special way to do something in your outline? Share tips and tricks or even swap ideas on templates that you've created. Anything you want to know or share, go here and talk with other users.

Word Menu
Need a word that's on the tip of your tongue? Share and discuss vocabulary, etymology and other reference related topics.

Screenwriting
Writing for the big screen has its own unique challenges. Discuss character, theme, plot and theory issues in this forum.

Television
Television writing is perhaps the fastest changing field and craft there is. From sitcoms to mini-series, and networks to cable, this is the channel to talk and learn.

Novel and Short Story Writing
Fiction writing is as diverse and complex as any other form for story telling. So if you've got the next lunch time "book" in you or the new century's first Great American Novel, ask your question, give some insight or just plain gab about the craft.

Play Writing
All the world's a stage ... and you're gonna write about it. From Ibsen to Shakespeare, Mamet to ... YOU, this is the forum for writing for the stage.

Movie Talk
Tell us what you think about the latest release. Got any news on an upcoming film? Let us know. Talk about scripts or screenwriters here. Tell us who your favorite writers are. Talk about their body of work and debate with others why one writer is better than another...

Corkboard
Are you looking for a writing partner? Do you want a partner in the same town, or is half way around the world fine too? Do you have a script that you would like critiqued? Give us the pitch and tell us how to get in touch with you.