The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by David Trottier (1998-08-24) Paperback – 1749

This is the best and clearest book on screenwriting I have seen to date. The chapter on formatting screenplays is very sensible too.I'm comparing this to "The Hollywood Standard" by Christopher Riley - which is a good book - and "The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats - Part 1: The Screenplay" by Cole and Haag - which is dated, disorganised and inconsistent (compare the contradictory formatting advice on pages 5 and 11).Trottier's book uses very clear examples of well known and up-to-date films, although he doesn't cover how screenplays are revised during film production; you'll need "The Hollywood Standard" to explain how that works (coloured paper, revision marks, 'A' pages, page numbering, etc.).I'd reserve the Cole and Haag book to the 'interesting reading' category.

This is a truly wonderful book for those new to screenwriting. It's laid out in a logical way and takes you step by step through the process from the original idea right to the finished article including the rewrites. It has helpful tips to make your script stand out from the rest and lots of examples. It also has useful background about the way the industry works. I highly recommend it.

Good book nice easy format to read. I am enjoying reading it, there are plenty of film examples to illustrate the text and I find that very helpful.Having glanced through the remainder of the book I can see why it was tilted as it is. Very Recommend.

A Gift much Loved ! I gifted a friend who absolutely loves the book - a real text book that gives wonderful insights from each aspect of what is involved in producing a screenwriter's story, script .

Great book for those who are studying scriptwriting or are currently writing a script very informative and helpful

Nice

very happy with product

Brilliant!