I only learned about AO3 stats about 4 years into my use of it. Which is good, because I can become obsessive.
I saw someone doing a giveaway here a while back to mark a kudos milestone, so I checked my own total and to my delight, it was a few hundred short of 15k. So I kept checking back every week or so, and the number crept closer and closer until two days ago it was within 80; and yesterday it was within TWO. So this morning:
I cannot tell you what this means to me without crying, except to say that the kindness and generosity of all the Lovely Readers every day humbles me. It is impossible for me to express my gratitude with mere words. And I write words like a demon, so if I can’t wrangle the feeling with words, you know it’s a big, wild one.
I love you. I thank you.
As such, let’s give a gift to one of you!
This tote bag with art by one of my all time faves, @willietheplaidjacket will be yours if you are the randomly selected, lucky Lovely Reader! I will probably stuff it with random delights, as that’s my style, but the tote is the Big Gift.
You must REBLOG this post; you must be FOLLOWING ME; and you must be willing to share yr mailing address with me (privately) so I can ship you the thing! Closing the giveaway on 15 June; winner will be randomly selected using a random number generator or similar widget.
✔️You must REBLOG this post ✔️you must be FOLLOWING ME ✔️you must be willing to share yr mailing address with me ✔️I, CWB, love POPPY with my all heart ✔️WELL IT’S FUCKIN’ TRUE
My understanding is that final draft is generally considered the industry standard in terms of programs. I haven’t actually used it myself because I don’t have a few hundred bucks to spend on software, but it’s the normal one.
Personally, I use the free version of Celtx, since I do not have much money and quite frankly need to get myself a job.
As for formatting, there’s a ton of books and stuff on that. I think the book I was using earlier this year was called The Screenwriter’s Bible, but I haven’t gotten around to looking through the entire thing yet so I can’t attest to how amazing a guide it is. I don’t really know what your best guide to that would be.
If I could throw my two cents in? We’ve used “the screenwriters bible” in my screenwriting classes and it does have the most comprehensive formatting I’ve seen. Celtx is good and yeah, final draft is expensive ( i was lucky and got it on discount). I think maybe scrivener has a screenwriting mode too, but I haven’t used that.
Probably the most important thing to remember when writing screenplay is that you don’t necessarily want to ‘direct’. You can describe, but give the actors/directors room.
