“Read as many screenplays as you can! It’s important to read and watch as many films as you can. Read scripts for films that you didn’t like as well as those that you did like as this will give you some idea as to differences.”

-The Rod Hall Agency:

BONUS article: Script Talk: “The Magic Of Pixar”
In the latest issue of movieScope magazine, out now, Danny Munso (associate editor of Creative Screenwriting magazine) suggests Pixar’s commitment to story rather than spectacle, is the main reason for their success.
Read the article online right here at movieScopeMag.com

BONUS article 2: Ask The Agent: “State of Play”
Literary agent and movieScope magazine contributor, Julian Friedmann on what UK writers could learn from US scripts. Taken from movieScope Magazine, ‘The Writer’s Issue’ #15 (December/January 2010)
Download it to read later from movieScopeMag.com

• Misery
• Oceans Eleven
• Rocky
• Harold and Maude
• Gladiator
• Alien
• LA Confidential
• Nashville
• Fight Club
• Goodfellas

EXTRA FREE TV scripts
• The Sopranos (Pilot)
• Friends (Pilot)
• X Files (Pilot)
• The Simpsons (Bart The Daredevil)
• Sienfeld (The Note)

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