Writing script treatment for your movie idea
the chances for a tight well written script to be born. This article is mainly for those aspiring screenwriters that have a movie idea they are going to eventually write themselves.
A treatment is a full narrative description of the story. This happens, this happens, and finally this happens. It can include bits of dialogue or not. Length can vary from 1-25 pages or more depending how involved you want to get. I’m usually able to get a real good handle on my script idea within 6 pages of a treatment.
I myself do not write out scenes on index cards to follow as a road map for my scripts. I heard it works for other screenwriters, but I can’t share with you a technique I personally do not use. I also do not write detailed biographies on characters to get into their heads. If I created them I better know what motivates them and what makes them say
