Screenplays can be categorized as original or adapted.

剧本可以分为原创和改编两大类。

Original screenplays are not based on any existing work.

原创剧本不以任何已经存在的作品作为原型。

Study how these screenplays expanded an event into a plot.

学习这些电影剧本如何将一个事件扩装成一个故事情节。

All but one of the screenplays have been written by Steve Kloves.

剧本除却一部都由史蒂夫·克劳夫执笔。

The format for screenplays is highly specific and fairly complex.

电影剧本的格式有专门要求，而且十分复杂。

Then read the books on which the screenplays were based and the screenplays.

然后念原书和改编剧本。

Do you write screenplays or novels that have vivid, imaginative descriptions?

你写剧本或小说，有生动的，富有想象力的描述？

The format requirements of screenplays have destroyed more than one great idea.

电影剧本的格式要求已经破坏过不少伟大构想。

del Toro: I've written short stories in Spanish and English. I've written screenplays.

德尔托罗：我用英文，西班牙文写过短篇，也写过剧本，不过我不擅长写犯罪题材小说，不擅长写那种犯罪侦破类的那种推理小说。

All movies start with screenplays. Many of those screenplays start as spec scripts.

所有的电影都脱胎于剧本，而很多剧本都脱胎于推销用剧本。

Much of the humor in comedy screenplays comes from the way the comics play the roles.

戏剧中绝大多数的笑料来自于演员的表演方式。

In a burst of inspiration, Lee wrote two screenplays and submitted them to a contest.

突然冒出的灵感让李安写了两个剧本并把他们拿去参加比赛。

You should never start or end a scene with dialogue because screenplays need to be visual.

千万不要以对白作为场景的开始或结尾，因为剧本需要标明视觉效果。

Other screenwriters focus on adaptations, which are screenplays based on existing stories.

有些编剧专注于改编，也就是根据业已存在的故事撰写剧本。

Recently, Alissa, who is also a writer, has been collaborating on screenplays with her father.

艾莉萨也是一个作家，最近她已经和父亲合作了一些剧本。

Learn Formatting: Screenplays have a unique format that can be a bit tricky for a first timer.

学习格式的编排：剧本需要一个独特的格式，这对一个新手来说有点棘手。

And if a storytelling is going to write novels instead of screenplays, that's a freedom you need to exploit.

如果是要把故事写成小说而不是剧本，那才有自由供你发掘。

Make the screenplays fit different genres - comedy, action, drama or romantic comedy - depending on your strengths.

写适合不同类型的剧本，譬如喜剧片、动作片、剧情片、或是浪漫喜剧片，这取决于你擅长哪方面。

The name Cliegg, or variations thereof, has existed since the earliest draft screenplays of the original Star Wars.

“克利格”这个名字，或与之相关的一些变体，在最早的《星球大战》正传剧本草稿里就出现了。

Download free screenplays from websites such as Simply Scripts and Drew's Script-O-Rama to study formatting and structure.

从Simply Scripts和Drew ' s Script - O - Rama这样的网站上下载免费剧本来学习剧本的格式和结构。

Both these films were accompanied by elaborately annotated books to display the extensive research that shaped the screenplays.

这两部片子都辅以加以特别诠释的书籍，以展示那些帮助剧本成型的广泛调研。

Register your screenplays with the Library of Congress and the Writers Guild of America to protect your ideas as your own property.

到相关部门注册你的剧本来保护你的剧作版权。

The internet, he grumbles, has “murdered” his ability to do extracurricular creative work, such as writing books, plays and screenplays.

他抱怨说英特网已经“扼杀”了他进行业余创作的能力——如写写书、戏剧以及电影剧本之类的。

Two British screenplays are competing for the chance to be the first to tell the compelling life story of the opera star Maria Callas on film.

目前有两个版本的英国剧本正在努力争取抢先讲述歌剧名角玛丽亚·卡拉斯的绚烂一生。

Adapted screenplays are derived from previously published material (often a novel, but possibly a play, short story, poem, song, comic book, etc).

改编剧本则改编自已经公开出版过的作品(小说、戏剧、短篇故事、诗歌、歌曲、漫画等等)。

Having completed these steps, a summary can be written highlighting the screenplays strengths and weaknesses and if there is an over-arching plot.

完成了以上几步，就可以写一个摘要以便更加突出剧本的优势与略势，以及故事情节是不是涵盖范围广泛。