Screenplay Writing Software

Can i learn to write scripts/screenplays for free online?

I have the script writing software Celtx and an idea of what I would like to write about, but i'm not sure how to write a script because I never have before. can i get a more specific answer than "go to google"?

Public Comments

1. Go google.com and type how to write a script.
2. YES AND NO...THE INTERNET SHOWS YOU A REAL BASIC WAY OF WRITING A SCRIPT...YOUR BEST BET IS GO TO YOUR LOCAL BOOK STORE AND FIND A BOOK...OR GO TO DAILYSCRIPT.COM OR SIMPLYSCRIPTS.COM AND THEY HAVE SCRIPTS TO REAL MOVIES...REAL THEM AND LOOK AT FORMAT...
3. Sorta-kinda. There may be a tutorial around there somewhere, I don't know. I think all the internet can offer you is other people's scripts so you get kind of an idea of how they're written/formatted. I'd say stop by your library. They should have a good section for what you're looking for. Try Syd Field's books, he's pretty much the staple of screenwriting in Hollywood. That, and The Screen Writer's Bible. If you really want to start writing, don't let formatting BS stop you. You can always re-format it later. Start writing some scenes, dialogue, plot, etc. Just whatever flows. Once you have a framework of where your story is going, then go back and worry about the little stuff.
4. you need to take classes and such. the internet will only show you others and give you ideas. stop by your library and pick up books on it. get into plays and such. you need to get involved in it instead of picking it up from the "internet" trust me. you wont learn the realness of it from the internet.