Screenwriting : Physical copy by Daniel Vargas

Print one-sided, three-hole punch, add a blank, light blue 80 lb. card stock over the title page (if you wish to be "official-looking" lol!), and bind with 1 1/4 inch flat-head brass fasteners. Bind only the top and bottom hole punch. Leave the middle open. ;) Hope that helps! Best to you!

It’s okay to print double sided like we did at the studios.

ACCO #5 fasteners. Anything longer than 1 1/4 could possibly cut fingers. (I am a former Kinkos Worker. Binding was my specialty ).

Beth has told you the way it was in the olden days (and they used to get bent out of shape if you put a brad in the center hole). I still print everything on 3 hole punch paper and store my own printed file copies in 3 ring binders.

Who does hardcopies anymore?! :)

John Ellis - I do hard copies as an archive. There's something to be said for the feel of an actual script in your hands when doing a rewrite.

Gary Floyd - oh, yeah, that. :)

You use sides during production, not full scripts. From my experience, sides are printed on A5 and stapled together with the day's call sheet. It's getting less and less socially acceptable to excessively print stuff too, at least in LA that's becoming the case. In fact, on our last shoot, partly due to Covid but also due to waste, we didn't even print sides. Everyone just used their phones.

I know people who can't read a script unless it's printed, partly because they are used to making notes directly on them.

Most working actors I've seen use binders.

agencies & management companies still print full scripts. On tv shows, script Coordinators and Writers Assistants collate scripts for table reads and production. Master Xerox copying. Key skills for jobs: own car, good driver, making coffee, xerox skills, Final Draft software wizard.

Nope, Barry, I have never worked at a print shop. Lol! Personally, I prefer printed copies. I have stacks of scripts in my home studio that I love and study. When re-writing, I prefer to print out versions; it's much easier for me to mark up edits with a pen. I catch more typos or other issues when working on paper. Plus as Anthony said above, there is something special about the feel of an actual script in your hands. What can I say? I'm an artist, I like tactile. ;)

Hey, Doug. Yeah, that is the old way—ye olde card stock light-blue cover. Lol! ;) I use binders too. But mostly when diving more into production: script breakdowns, various lists, copies of storyboards, etc. I did 80-some drawings for a short I was producing. Then the world exploded, and life threw more curveballs at me, so I'm hoping to pick up where I left off. ;)

Print one-sided on 3-hole 20 lb.stock, bind with a pair of ACCO No. 5 solid brass fasteners, Stock #71505, inserted front-to-back. Leave the center hole open.

Covers front and back of 65 lb. punched card stock.

Optionally back and front each fastener with a pair of ACCO No. 2 brass washers, Stock # 71511. They make it less likely that covers/pages will tear free.

The solid brass fasteners and washers can be flattened (light touch with a hammer) and reused several times, unlike the El Cheapo brass-plated steel knockoffs.

This thread kinda creeps me out LOL. Feels like l'm surrounded by people with a paper fetish. Talk about putting the kink in Kinkos.

It's made me realise that I don't think I've ever printed one of my scripts out in full, or ever felt any need to. I just want to make films.

Well, I would never compare a script to a newborn—I’m a mother to three children. Lol! There’s really no comparison, truly. My interest is filmmaking, and screenwriting is part of that interest. On paper is just my preference for reading and working. Digital is fine, of course, and certainly efficient, convenient, and beneficial to working with a team. ;)