ABSTRACT
While it may seem odd to begin talking about screenwriting by asking this question, it really is the fi rst question you need to answer. An original screenplay is one that you write without basing it on anything
else. So you haven’t taken your story from a book, a magazine article, an editorial in the newspaper, etc. Th e story for this screenplay is something that you came up with. It can be purely fi ctional or it can be based on a real event. But in both cases, the story is yours.
