The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats: The Screenplay

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Summary: An essential tool for all screenwriters
Review: This isn't a book that'll just sit idle on the shelf. It is a perfect reference book on script formats that I have used over and over. Everyone interested in screenwriting should use this book. This book separates the professional from the amatuer wannabees.

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Summary: An exhaustive guide to formatting screenplays.
Review: This title seems to pop up in screenplay formatting circles more and more these days. Written by two folks who have been running their own script typing service for years, it's an exhaustive overview of how (and why) screenplays are formatted. I found it to be fascinating reading, but then, I was designing a script formatting program at the time... They receive credits in a lot of software, and they got another one in mine [Screenwright(R) - http://www.apc.net/ia/scr.htm]

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Summary: Judith H. Haag, author "Complete Guide ..."
Review: What a pleasure to have been able to write this book on script formatting ...I never thought that this book would generate such a demand and response ... it's been gratifying to say the least and I wish every young screenwriter the best in their career! Judith H. Haag

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Summary: Buyers Beware
Review: While this book is very informative on all the different types of scripts you can write, it has two major counts against it. First, it was written in 1983 for people using typewriters. All the margin information is thus useless to most of us now using wordprocessors. The hastily written section on wordprocessing considerations, doesn't remedy the problem. Also, the brief introduction with a list of DO's and DON'T'S for new writers does not clarify the enourmous confusion I encoutered when trying to figure out which set of diretions I should follow for writing a reading script. But if you are in the business and need to know how to write shooting scripts for either feature length movies or T.V. shows, this is a great book.