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Originally posted by Little Angel
... If you are serious about your work and have a credit card and a couple of bucks, you might want to register the script with the writer's guild <http://www.wga.org/>. Follow the links from the main page....
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Whether you have a credit card or not, when you decide you're going to write screenplay's for real, you'll have to register your works with WGA. Agents, producers, studios, et al won't read them otherwise. You can do it by snail mail as well. (Not trying to plug the guild, but registration is just a fact of life.)
We already talked, G, but for anyone else interested, you need to avoid specialty "scriptwriting" software if you can help it. Final Draft or good ol' Word are your best bets. Both are acceptable as electronic submissions with the WGA and the files can be read by most folks you want to read them.
It's also a good idea NOT to show your script to too many people, if you're writing to make a living. If you're just writing to have fun, then have at. But if you're serious, keep your words close to the vest. And don't show anyone until you register your script.