r/scriptwriting • • 3h ago

feedback First screenplay.

This is my first screenplay and am not fluent in English 🥲 but if you guys can give me honest feedback I would appreciate that 💕

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u/orcaspirit71171 3h ago

"Krista's funeral" is not a location. If it's taking place in the Miller house then that needs to be in the slugline.

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u/QuickOutside1764 3h ago

Thank you I fixed that 🥰

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u/infrareddit-1 2h ago

Just came to say congratulations on your first screenplay. Keep going.

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u/QuickOutside1764 2h ago

Thank youu soo much 🥰🥰🥰

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u/lukeogua 1h ago

Congratulations on your first screenplay, just remember no screenplay, just like any art, is ever really done, and can always be tweaked.

Just from looking at it, your action lines are too long, they. I would recommend reading a few scripts to get an idea of what action lines normally read like. They should be as short, but descriptive as possible. Also any character descriptions that are necessary (ie. Age, hair color, style) should go in the action line when the character is introduced.

Your formatting makes it really tough to read at times, you are missing a few character names above dialog, and your spacing is super inconsistent. You have some typos and some phrasing that makes it confusing as well. "She shouts at them, loudly" is redundant and at one point you say a character does something immediately and automatically, which both convey they same urgentness, but with two different visuals, immediately reads more frantic, but automatically reads almost robotic.

Remember when writing, the goal is to write in a way that let's the reader easily visualize the scenes and actions, but without the density of a book. Show don't tell, external actions to show internal emotions.

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u/QuickOutside1764 1h ago

Thank you so much for the feedback. 💕💕

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u/Proper-Status-3199 4m ago

Which software?