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The Screenwriter's Bible

Errata for the Fifth Edition

Page 136 – The wrong prefix appears for the scene heading near the bottom of the page, the one marked with a [C].  The EXT. should be INT. as follows:

INT. DEAN ZACK’S OFFICE – SAME [C]

Page 153 – This is for Jimmy’s last speech on the page.  The (VO) should be (V.O.)

Page 224 – In the second scene heading, replace the word DUSK with NIGHT.  In other words, the scene heading will read:

EXT. COUNTY CEMETERY – NIGHT

Page 230, the last half of the first paragraph under the heading “Not writing for subtext” should be revised to the following: 

In the following example, the first sentence is the text and the second sentence states the subtext, which, of course, should not be stated.  Here’s the flawed speech:

Page 242 – At the end of the fifth line of the longest paragraph on the page, change “states” to “stages.” 

Page 259 – Two corrections:

In the third paragraph, we are missing Jake’s age.  Just write:

JAKE DEKKER, 30, wearing...

In the middle of the second line of the fourth paragraph, change the phrase “bathed in wide shaft” to “bathed in a wide shaft.”

Page 328 – Add the following sentence to the end of the first paragraph:

If you email a query, paste it in the body of the email and include an inviting “subject line.”

E-mailed queries
As stated in The Screenwriter’s Bible, you can email your query to agents and producers who indicate they will accept them. The question is sometimes asked: Do I attach my query or paste it in the body of the email? I suggest you paste it in the body of the email for two reasons: 1) It saves a step, and 2) A few professions may receive your query on an iPhone or Blackberry that cannot open attachments.

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