Make a Good First Impression
Make a Good First Impression
You’ve got the single most amazing plot twist in cinematic history. When the reader gets to page 102, they’d better be sitting down, because for the first time EVER, they may actually FAINT reading a screenplay! It’s THAT good.
It’s so good, in fact, you’re convinced the reader will forgive any other flaws in the entire script. After all, once they read that twist, they’ll be clamoring to buy your screenplay.
So why bother formatting correctly — they can figure it out, can’t they? And your first few pages are a bit weak, but they won’t remember those, will they? And, yeah, the cover’s a bit tattered, but nobody really judges a script by its cover, right?
You BET they do!
In fact, your FIRST impression is the most IMPORTANT impression. It tells the reader immediately what kind of writer
