Where to get the standard screenplay cover?

You can probably find what you need locally. If not, try the Writer's Store: http://www.writersstore.com/index.php?affiliate=ZAFFIL309

Are you referring to Card Stock? For your front and back cover?

I picked some up at Wal-Mart. 110lb, 150 sheets with 5 assorted colors. The brads on the otherhand to bind the script are an adventure themselves in finding.

Looks like I will be going online for those for outrageous prices.

I don't know if the 110lb is going to be thick enough. It seems pretty thin now that I have it opened.

So I am all ears to hear what others use or have used.

Jerm said:

I don't know if the 110lb is going to be thick enough. It seems pretty thin now that I have it opened.

So I am all ears to hear what others use or have used.

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I don't know the weight, but I've always used "card stock," so named because it's the same thickness (and weight I presume) as a normal business card. If that's what you have, use it and don't sweat it.

Card stock is about the same thickness and weight you see on standard Duo Tang covers.

110 lb is plenty thick enough. If you've already got 110 lb, use it.

But 67 lb is what's usually done. You can buy it in white or a variety of colors at Staples, Office Depot, Office Max etc.

If you can't find card stock you can use manilla file folders, 8 1/2" x 11". Use a paper cutter to trim the front of the folder down to 1 inch, and trim the back of the folder to 8 5/8 inches. Then trim the sides to a length of 11 1/8 inches. Use a 3 hole puncher to punch holes in the one inch strip for the brads to go through.

Do this twice to make two covers, on for the back, and one for the front. The one inch strip covers up the brads, just like those spiffy agency covers.

I just send my script, cover and all, on plain paper. Many places (ICM, all the big agencies) are going to reprint your script and bind it in their own fashion, with neato covers and stuff when (if) they like it and want to have it read around. Until then, don't waste your money. It's the contents that matter most at this point.