- 1). Start with a good story. You should write your movie script using the same rules of writing you use to tell any good story. You need well-developed characters, a strong story line and great pacing. Decide the story you want to tell, then outline the story, making note of all the major plot points. A plot point is a major or minor event within your story that adds an element of information or action that is important to the telling of your story. It's a good idea to have a general idea where you're going before you begin. This will help you focus your script from the start.
- 2). Keep in mind the specific rules of writing a movie script. There are two elements that should be on your page. A movie script is action and dialogue. The end result of the words you put on paper will be a movie, so write only what you can see and hear. If a character in your script is thinking about something, don't tell us he's thinking. You need to write his actions in such a way that an actor will be able to depict the act of thinking. There's no room for internal writing. Everything in a screenplay is external
- 3). Write in the proper style. A movie script should be written in present tense as it happens. You should write action that tells the actors and director exactly what a character is doing as he does it. Here's a simple example. You wouldn't write "He picked up the vase and threw it." The line would read, "He picks up the vase, hesitates, and throws it across the room."
- 4). Use proper movie script format. Manually formatting the elements of a screenplay is time consuming and takes away from the actual writing time. There are several writing programs on the market that do the formatting of your script for you. Movie Magic Screenwriter and Final Draft are the major scriptwriting software programs. You can find free screenwriting software or even write your movie script online (see Resources below). A movie script times out at approximately one minute per page, so formatting is crucial to keeping the length of the movie on track and an important part of how you create a movie script.
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