Which leads to the annoying question of what goes into the script. YOUR MATE'S LIVING ROOM (if you don't) then you're pretty much sorted on that front. As long as you have the wit to start your script with EXT. From Final Draft to Celtx, to simple Markdown languages like Fountain, the formatting is sorted out automatically. The thing is, of course, that modern scriptwriting software takes care of most of that for you.
If you're serious about selling a script, it has to be formatted according to certain rules–submission without these guidlelines in place marks you as an instant noob and will put you to the bottom of the slush pile, or more likely the bin. Now, there are certain benefits to reading one or two of these mighty tomes. Ever since failed script man Syd Field realised that those that can't do, teach, and make a ton of money in the process, the film section of any decent bookshop has been filled to groaning with how-to's on the Golden Path to the Perfect Blockbuster.
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