SCRIPTWRITING: An Introduction to Scriptwriting for Screen and Stage Aloni Anderson Author

SCRIPTWRITING: An Introduction to Scriptwriting for Screen and StageWhy should you care about writing scripts and screenplays? Well, it shouldn't be about the money you could get paid for writing them (even if it is a considerable amount). In a v... Read more

SCRIPTWRITING: An Introduction to Scriptwriting for Screen and StageWhy should you care about writing scripts and screenplays? Well, it shouldn't be about the money you could get paid for writing them (even if it is a considerable amount). In a very general sense, most screenplay and script writers make anywhere between five and ten thousand dollars when someone uses their script.In very rare cases, as most of us have heard about in the news, screenplay writers sell their scripts for hundreds of thousand of dollars. This is rare. Although, you wouldn't be in the business of writing stories if you didn't have a romantic sensibility about winning the lottery, especially when, technically, you win either way. So, why should you care about writing them if you aren't thinking about the money? Well, here's why. Less