Screenplay Charts

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Ideas

I'll been sleeping early and getting up to brainstorm early. I thought of an idea for a comedy/teen comedy, like the ones of the 80's with connections to todays prank/character story of today. I will start to brainstorm up the script's story and details to write the draft. Write.

Planning

I've been sleeping pretty late about this past week so looking forward to sleeping at 9 and waking at 6 to write and nothing else. I have to get a draft done by march and have a fully submittable script by May 17. But you know how life is and when you know it time is up and you have nothing. plan ahead.

Just do it

If you have the time to write for hours or just a couple of minutes just write, don't be scared of writing bad or spelling errors, just write from your heart anything that comes to mind, at the end get the best of what you wrote and explore it more with more writing. A NO Limitation writing, just writing about anything, anyone, or anyplace, absolutely anything goes that could make a great film. That way you are not limited to your standards that you have set for your self but by what you can come up with in a limited time. just do it.

Nature at work

Make sure to get out some, and experience nature ether at the park, walking the streets, or your front yard, all that matters is that you notice how the animals interact, how the plants are beautiful, noticing things that you did not know, that way you get a mental break and get to know nature better. plus you will see how people interact with each other, there are writers that just go out and see other people's doings, not stalking that is wrong, just notice this or that and you will get a sense that everyone is different at every level, not everyone is the same or does the same thing ever, that is how your characters need to be, different, spontaneous,  from each other with similarities that could be but that add to the story. Sight seeing is great.

MAgazines

Another thing I love to do is to read magazines, they provide short articles that send your mind spinning with ideas, plus UN-block you if you are stuck on writing something that just went way that you thought was great. Great.

read-Read-READ!

I have forgotten to mention the most essential thing for aspiring writers to do,

Read

allot, not just books but literal screenplays that are out there on the Internet 

or head for the library and check out some screenplays on books, its essential to read, 

books will provide you with plot and character ideas, also as to how exploit the plot and make it big and grandiose with suspense.
A screenplay will better guide you towards familiarising with its format and style.

one page on a screenplay = 1 minute of screen time. 

And such minor details that separate it from a book or play.

As you read more screenplays you will get to know the plot and where its introduced, how the characters speak to each other, how the screenwriter used the setting to convey an important part of the story, and such details that you will also need to learn. Such as how explaining what the characters are doing and experiencing is the most important factor for a screenplay that will appeal to readers looking for a great film. And such as that the dialog must be short and to the point, leading to other points or mini plots or consequences or challenges that he main character must meet in order to be successful, on most screenplays with out giving the story away. Most screenplays also utilize minor characters to pass thought mini plots, they will guide the main character, help him or just be a distraction towards the main plot conclusion.
Plus you will learn how to better format your screenplay, that always helps write faster. Good luck.