Script Writing Guidelines & Formats

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Comic Book Scripts: Submission Guidelines & How-Tos

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FROM PUBLISHERS


Marvel & DC do not accept unsolicited submissions. However, no one says you can't show up on their doorstep. ;) Here are the physical addresses:

DC Comics
1700 Broadway, 7th Fl.
New York, NY 10019-5905
Phone: 212-636-5400
Fax: 212-636-5481

Marvel Entertainment, Inc.
417 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10016
United States
Phone: 212-576-4000

Other Publishers
Avatar Press: http://www.avatarpress.com/submis.htm
Comicvine: http://www.comicvine.com/submission-guidelines/12-40430/
Dark Horse: http://www.darkhorse.com/Company/Submissions
Image Comics: http://www.imagecomics.com/submissions.php

Comic Book Script Formatting
Nat Gertler: http://www.gertler.com/nat/script.htm
eHow: http://www.ehow.com/how_2102602_book-script-full-script-style.html
Joe Edkin: http://mysite.verizon.net/joe_edkin/wfcb_fs05a.html
BBC (links to PDF): http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/comicbookfullscreenplay.pdf
 
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I've used Celtx in the past for my GN scripts and it's incredibly simple to use.
What limitations have those working with Celtx found? Is there much room for modifying it? I prefer a slightly different way of formatting, but it would be great to have software automatically number dialogue, pages, and panels.

Every time I add or delete lines of dialogue or panels, Word makes a mess of the formatting. My so-called template ends up having to be tweaked throughout, almost as difficult to work with as formatting everything at the end.

Has anyone found better solutions?
 

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If you're looking for a good formatting tool for comics scripts, more and more writers are using Fred van Lente's template. I've worked professionally with two different artists and both of them breathed a sigh of relief when I started using it. One of them wouldn't shut up until I broke down and did it. And I'm glad I did. It takes some getting used to, but so does everything new.