This is the definitive guide to professional script formats used in Hollywood, written by Hollywood's foremost authority. This new edition has been expanded and updated to include how to eliminate common mistakes so your script will look professional and how to use format to communicate your ideas clearly and powerfully. It references hundreds of clear examples to see how it's done by the pros. This is considered required reading for any screenwriter who wants to be taken seriously by Hollywood. -- from Back Cover

• Quick start guide
• Avoiding a dozen deadly formatting mistakes
• Spec scripts vs. production drafts
• Single-camera film format
• Shot headings
• Direction
• Dialogue
• Transitions
• Punctuation
• The evolution of a script from first draft to production draft
• Special pages
• Multi-camera film format
• Unleashing the power of script typing software
• Search and destroy : the scourge of typos and the power of proofreading