Screenwriting Don'ts

• Don't create a fancy Title page with giant fonts, colored letters, etc. A Title page has title and screenwriter's name(s) in the middle, and your contact information (address, phone number) at the lower right hand.
• Don't put a quotation on the title page. Most likely, no one but you will care.
• Don't put a date on your script, or the draft version.
• Don't put blank pages in the script to set things apart.
• Don't put a second page with the quotation that tells the theme of your screenplay.
• Don't do a page of character descriptions and back story. That's a convention from the theater that is inapplicable in Hollywood. If your script doesn't tell that story, you're in trouble.
• Don't include any illustrations, no matter how cute you think they are.
• Don't put the script title on the first page of the script.
• Don't use more than two brads, but use three-hole paper. Brads are used in top and bottom holes only.
• Don't use colored paper or anything but 20 pound 3 hole punch paper.
• Don't expect to have your script returned to you. Send it out, let it go. If a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) is specified, include one. Then relax; a lot of people will have sent scripts to the same company.

FROM: Screenwriting.info "Do's and Don'ts"