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THE SCREENPLAY LIBRARY

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How many screenplays have you read? Is reading them part of your daily routine?
If it’s not, it should be — reading scripts is one of the best ways to improve as a writer.
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EVERY ONE
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Read screenplays to improve your writing
WHY IT MATTERS

READ THE DAMN SCREENPLAY

Every writer who reads scripts regularly can tell you what a sluggish second act feels like on the page, because they’ve felt one. Every writer who doesn’t is working from films they’ve watched — which is a different craft entirely.
A finished film hides the writing. A screenplay shows you the choices: what got set up, what got cut, how much white space a pro leaves on a page.
HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM THEM
Read in your own genre first, then outside it
Read the script before you rewatch the film
Mark where you’d have stopped reading, and why
Note the page count at each major turn
CHOOSE YOUR GENRE

SEVEN COLLECTIONS, EVERY SCRIPT FREE

Pick the genre you’re writing in, or work through the lot.
The 50 best movie scripts to read
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50 Best Movie Scripts

This is a list of the best screenplays to read, grouped into the five main genres you’ll find in Hollywood today: drama, comedy, action/adventure, thriller and horror.
The 50 best TV pilot scripts to read
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50 Best TV Scripts

If you want to learn how to write for TV, reading these TV pilot scripts is one of the best ways to help boost your writing ability.
The 20 best drama scripts to read
20 SCRIPTS

20 Best Drama Scripts

Writing a drama script is a great way to showcase your character development skills — and, notoriously, practically all Oscar and Nicholl contest winners are drama screenplays.
The 20 best comedy scripts to read
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20 Best Comedy Scripts

Here are twenty of the best comedy scripts that you can download and read to help make writing a comedy script that much easier. Study these funny scripts and learn how to amp up the funny in your own screenplay.
The 20 best action and adventure scripts to read
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20 Best Action Scripts

If you are a budding action/adventure writer, you’ve picked a great genre and should be reading as many of the best action scripts and adventure scripts as possible. Study them. Break them down. Note how the action scenes are handled on the page.
The 20 best horror scripts to read
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20 Best Horror Scripts

We’re massive proponents of finding the best screenplays to read in order to improve your writing craft. So, if you’re a budding horror writer (or aspiring writer of any genre) download these horror scripts and learn from the best.
Oscar nominated screenplays to read
AWARD WINNERS

Oscar Nominated Screenplays

Here are screenplays that’ve recently been in the Best Original Screenplay category or Best Adapted Screenplay category. All great examples of scripts you should study if you want to level-up your writing.

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ONCE YOU’VE READ THEM

YOU’VE READ A HUNDRED SCRIPTS. TIME SOMEONE READ YOURS.

Reading great screenplays teaches you what good looks like. It can’t tell you where your own draft falls short — that takes a working screenwriter reading it properly, start to finish.
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