How to Write a Screenplay

Read Great Screen Plays and Learn How It's Done

Another thing that will help you in learning how to write a screenplay is, reading the screenplays of some of the greatest movies ever made. You must become a student of the movies and the movie business. See how the masters do it. The scripts of many great movies are available on line. Find them and read them. Look at the arc of the story, the dialogs and the detailing. Watch the movies, in detail. When you watch them first, watch them for the fun of it. Let the second viewing be a study of all the finer detailing that the movie has. Everything in every frame should be studied. Observe the quality of dialogs, the philosophy, camera angles, composition of scene frames, visual impact, smooth dissolving of scenes, story build up and make your own screenplay analysis. Making notes is also a good idea. They will help you later. Read more on creative writing.