Brandon Brown: Screenwriter in London, England.

To my fellow screenwriters: What software do you use? Personally I just started on Word and moved to Celtx, but I know Final Draft is the industry standard. Is it 100% necessary to use final draft?

Opinions welcomed

Good afternoon all,

Greetings from London, UK.

Quick question for all my fellow writers:

If I have a piece of music in mind when writing a scene, can I add that it should be playing at that moment in the script? Or is this a no-no ?

Appreciate your help in advance!

Brandon

Good afternoon all-

Greetings from London!

Sorry if it's a previously answered question.

I've just finished writing my first screenplay, and begun work on my second, and I'm not sure what to do with the first one now that it's done?

Not looking for money necessarily but I'd like to see it get made...

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Brandon

Hello all,

Question RE: Formatting.

I was told recently I had too much writing on a page, but I've just been following the standard formatting of CeltX.

Should I be adding spaces? Like double spaces? Or keeping as is?

Appreciate your help,

Brandon

Hello all,

Greetings from London!

I'm currently working on my second feature-length screenplay, and i'm currently at 30 pages/7,500 words, and it's only the story introduction.

Based on the amount of story left to tell, I picture this screenplay coming out quite long.

To my fellow writers- should I stick to my guns and keep it how originally intended? Or cut it down to the 120 page mark?

I know some of the most successful movies have quite long screenplays..

Brandon

Hello all- greetings from London!

I've finally written my first screenplay, based on an idea I had 9 years ago which (thankfully) hadn't been made into a movie by someone else in that time.

Like everyone else, I'm trying to see it get made!

Brandon

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