--- product_id: 3506168 title: "The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style" price: "€ 12.40" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/3506168-the-hollywood-standard-the-complete-and-authoritative-guide-to-script store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Highly rated with 4.7/5 from 600+ reviews Comprehensive screenplay formatting guide Includes new chapters on modern script elements The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style **Price:** € 12.40 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 🎬 Write Like Hollywood’s Elite — Format Flawlessly, Impress Instantly! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style - **How much does it cost?** € 12.40 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/3506168-the-hollywood-standard-the-complete-and-authoritative-guide-to-script) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Physical Edition Advantage:** Large-format, paper version enhances readability and hands-on learning—don’t settle for digital compromises. - • **Master Every Script Element:** From master scene headings to complex dream sequences, nail every formatting detail with clarity. - • **Perfect for All Skill Levels:** Whether novice or veteran, this authoritative guide elevates your screenwriting craft with vivid examples. - • **Avoid Deadly Formatting Mistakes:** New chapters highlight and fix the most common errors that can derail your script’s professionalism. - • **Modern Messaging Formats Included:** Format instant messages, emails, and caller ID like a pro—stay ahead in contemporary scriptwriting. ## Overview The Hollywood Standard is the definitive, bestselling guide to screenplay and TV script formatting, featuring clear instructions, hundreds of examples, and new chapters on modern messaging formats and common pitfalls. Praised for its clarity and practical approach, this large-format paperback is a must-have reference for screenwriters seeking professional polish and confidence. ## Description The Hollywood Standard describes in clear, vivid prose and hundreds of examples how to format every element of a screenplay or television script. A reference for everyone who writes for the screen, from the novice to the veteran, this is the dictionary of script format, with instructions for formatting everything from the simplest master scene heading to the most complex and challenging musical underwater dream sequence. This new edition includes a quick start guide, plus new chapters on avoiding a dozen deadly formatting mistakes, clarifying the difference between a spec script and production script, and mastering the vital art of proofreading. For the first time, readers will find instructions for formatting instant messages, text messages, email exchanges and caller ID. Review: Excellent book - buy the paper version, not the digital version - This book is extremely clear and extremely useful. (How do I format text conversations? Got it. What margins should I use? Got it. What should the heading look like if a scene happens both inside and outside? Got it.) I have one small caveat, however, which is about the Kindle version. I read my Kindle books either on my laptop browser. There, not all of the formatting shows up properly. For ordinary books, this wouldn't be an issue, but for a book that is literally about formatting it's a bit more important. Not a major detractor but I wish I'd bought the paper version. Review: GET IT - This is a rare book. I hate style and grammar books in general. But this book flows; it made me aware of repeated questions I have in mind when writing and just as quickly answered those questions. The voice the book is written in demonstrates a mastery of, but also a humble reverence for the subject. I was taken aback by the emotion I felt by what is essentially a textbook. That’s not quite a first for me, but unusual. There are some books I don’t want to be far from, because they do feel like dear friends, and this is one of them. In terms of a stylebook what I like most about this book is the way it demonstrates how not to do something, followed by the how-to-do something using the same example. There are many single pages in this book with demonstrations that I believe are worth the cost of the book alone. Even if not script writing, there are matters here about punctuation that are presented in ways I have not seen before, that seen in this format make perfect sense and give me confidence in my writing. The large format of the book is also helpful. It is script-like and feels generous to the mind and in the hand, and so mimics it’s many lessons about what makes for quick reading and a sense of fluid absorption of the material. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #476,731 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #235 in Screenwriting (Books) #2,958 in Performing Arts (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 612 Reviews | ## Images ![The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71i+LBEQ54L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book - buy the paper version, not the digital version *by K***R on June 9, 2026* This book is extremely clear and extremely useful. (How do I format text conversations? Got it. What margins should I use? Got it. What should the heading look like if a scene happens both inside and outside? Got it.) I have one small caveat, however, which is about the Kindle version. I read my Kindle books either on my laptop browser. There, not all of the formatting shows up properly. For ordinary books, this wouldn't be an issue, but for a book that is literally about formatting it's a bit more important. Not a major detractor but I wish I'd bought the paper version. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ GET IT *by J***V on August 12, 2018* This is a rare book. I hate style and grammar books in general. But this book flows; it made me aware of repeated questions I have in mind when writing and just as quickly answered those questions. The voice the book is written in demonstrates a mastery of, but also a humble reverence for the subject. I was taken aback by the emotion I felt by what is essentially a textbook. That’s not quite a first for me, but unusual. There are some books I don’t want to be far from, because they do feel like dear friends, and this is one of them. In terms of a stylebook what I like most about this book is the way it demonstrates how not to do something, followed by the how-to-do something using the same example. There are many single pages in this book with demonstrations that I believe are worth the cost of the book alone. Even if not script writing, there are matters here about punctuation that are presented in ways I have not seen before, that seen in this format make perfect sense and give me confidence in my writing. The large format of the book is also helpful. It is script-like and feels generous to the mind and in the hand, and so mimics it’s many lessons about what makes for quick reading and a sense of fluid absorption of the material. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR BUDDING SCREENWRITERS *by A***A on June 20, 2013* Format standards in scriptwriting are essential to being taken seriously at all in this industry and the standards evolve. This edition of this book brings us right up-to-date and gives us the ability to fashion really professional-looking scripts. This can't be done by screenwriting software. More, the book is like a screenwriting course, even though it is not necessarily intended to be. Suddenly, while learning the DOs and DON'Ts, the writer understands why those things are in place and and tighten and strengthen their work. The example script pages are a great resource and he even tells us which brads to use and how many. Finally! The definitive word on brads!! (Yes, it's actually important.) Don't even think about it. If you want to write a film or TV script, buy this. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style (Hollywood Standard: The Complete & Authoritative Guide to) - Save The Cat! 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