Hi all, trying to help expand my creative side with being able to write short scripts. Any resources, websites, or book recommendations? I'd greatly appreciate the help. Thanks in advance!
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Resources? The script format is the same for a short as a FL - Dave Trottier's book The Screenwriter's Bible is about a good as you're likely to find. Start with a theme and develop a 10 - 12 page script around it. Make sure it's a whole story (beginning, middle & end). Just doing it is the best resource you will come across. An example: Overcoming grief to move on with life - a mother loses her only child to school shooting; how does she move on with her life?...Just an idea; but you get the point.
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For shorts I try to get a single idea across to the audience. You don’t have enough space for much else. So pick a idea like “power makes people bad” and explore that.
I would practice writing stuff that can be done super low budget. Then you can do them yourself. I learnt more behind the camera than behind the keyboard.