THE SENATOR'S WIFE
by
Charles Deemer
[Now go down to the bottom of the page, so the last item is an inch
or so above the bottom of the page and everything is flush left:]
Charles Deemer
3123 SW 2nd Ave.
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 227-5030
[You can omit the name, since it is in the byline. You can use your
agent's name here if you have one.]
That's it. A clean, simple title page. No copyright notice and no WGA number are necessary, though you will have registered your script at least before you send it anywhere.
Notice how simplicity and a clean conservative look are the industry standards.
When I was playwright-in-residence at the New Rose Theatre, we once got a script in the mail that included a photograph of the playwright - in her bikini.
No. Don't. It doesn't work. And neither do any of the other "attention getting" schemes.
Let your story make the impression, not the package.
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