A Valuable Internet Scriptwriting Reference

My previous blog spoke of a screenwriter's exposition in October, sponsored by Creative Screenwriter Magazine, an online reference for screenwriters for more than a decade.

Recently, I discovered Creative Screenwriter's functional and pragmatic sister web site, CS Web.ws. This is a place with a lot of powerful information and references.

While the basic web site provides a lot of information about events and those who are successful, or are becoming successful, CS Web is a nuts-and-bolts location, offering information and advice such as, How to Write a Screenplay, Screenplay Format, and Screenwriting Resources.

There are also sections that provide information about Screenwriting Contests, Interviews with Screenwriters, and various business aspects. The Screenwriting Resources page includes links to production companies, software, screenplay consultants, books, supplies, organizations, guilds, libraries, lists, and links to other similar websites.

There are also message boards, references for television writing, scripts available online, and many other features and functions.

Seeking more information, expanding your horizons, and taking advice are marks of mature writers. Numerous are those who have said that the more they learn, the more they realize how little they know.

It's certainly no sign of weakness to seek help, cross reference when the accuracy is important, and make sure a format is professionally correct when that's the kind of script that's expected.

In The Sound of Music, the Mother Superior tells Maria to "climb every mountain" and "ford every stream." That's good advice for a writer seeking information, advice on techniques, and references for professional presentation.