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Hello, I've been working on a draft of my screenplay and hours I've finished my draft, I received an email from a person through inktip who wants his story idea developed into a screenplay. The only script I have on inktip is a short and I have been working on my craft for 18 months, so I...

Hello, I have finally finished a full draft of my script. I've been tweaking it many times bit by bit but I am hoping that I am heading towards the right direction. I need feedback on my action writing and dialouge. Hopefully the story is good as well. I've provided a link to a sample of my...

Hello, I'm in a bit of a pickle. I have a scene where a young girl is reading a letter, well the voice you here is from the older brother hence the voice over, but what I want to include is whilst reading the letter, flashbacks of previous events in the film are shown to tie up everything. But...

Hi, In my screenplay, I have my character's already introduced and I go along with the story in present time. Two thirds into the film, it shifts to four years later. Now in four years, some characters don't look different, but some do, especially teens. What I am asking is that after moving...

Hello, Okay so I want to start my short script with various montages and series of shots. In my head seems easy, on paper... errr, probably not for me. This is what I am trying to do, explained in bullet point form and then below that is how I have structured it in my screenplay. The issue is...

Hi, I have a scene in my script where a person who cannot speak uses her phone for communication by texting on her phone and then showing the text the person she is communicating to. The other person reads the text and then responds. My question is what is the best way to tackle this in a...

Rating a screenplay Hello, I think some of you know that I have been working on a screenplay for a while and been learning along the way thanks to people's advice on this site. I have been currently rewriting in order to try to improve it and I have done it part by part. I try to improve one...

Hi guys, I have a list of verbs people can see and use for looks and walks as strong verbs are essential in enhancing sentences. If anybody knows any more (especially for looking in horror, or walking reluctantly) or any other then please add to the list: Looks: 2. Agonized: as if in pain or...

Hello, I have pretty much finished 80% of my script. I am currently writing the last 20% and rewriting it but I am taking a break for the next couple of days due to slugging this out the past month. Anyway the last 20% of the script is around 30 pages, whilst the 80% is 152 pages at the moment...

Hello, I have been quite busy writing a feature length screenplay (Which I have almost completed) and in-between written a short film screenplay that I want to show to you and ask for feedback on it. This story is kind of important to me personally as it is loosely based on my mum's experience...

Hi, I am trying to write a scene where a person is speaking over the action. I thought of breaking it up like below but is this actually correct to do or is it better to write the action first then the voice over or vice versa? EXT. TANAKA ORPHANAGE, FRONT ENTRANCE – NIGHT No action sound or...

Hello, Just have a screenwriting question I am a bit curious on. Below I have written a flashback scene where it picks out the events from the start of the film. Now the events like I said a picked out, meaning that for example event A and event B did not happen straightaway at the start of the...

I am writing my very first screenplay titled "Fragments of a Broken Heart". The problem however is that after writing the first act of the story from three, I have already written 85 pages. I believe this act should only take up to between 45-55 pages only but I have gone over the limit. I don't...