Everything we publish for screenwriters.
Free guides, tips and tools — how to format a script, where to send it, and how to get the most out of CanonBoard once you are here.
Learn the craft
How to write a script
Screenplay format, element by element — scene heading, action, character, parenthetical, dialogue and transition — set the way a real page is set. Then how to draft a beat that wins a round.
Read the guideScreenwriting tips
Short, practical tips from writers, newest first. One idea each — the kind you can use on the page you are writing today.
Read the tipsGlossary
The words screenwriters and CanonBoard use, defined plainly — from beat and canon to slugline and parenthetical.
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Find a home for your script
Use CanonBoard
Tutorials
Short videos on using CanonBoard — reading a script, writing a beat for a round, upvoting drafts, and building a world on Canon Canvas.
Watch the tutorialsCanon Canvas
Where a story's world lives: characters, locations, lore, rules and plot points as connected cards on one infinite canvas, checked for contradictions.
Explore Canon CanvasFAQ
Straight answers about rounds, prizes, plans and Canon Credits, your data, and who owns what you write.
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Put it to work.
Every script on CanonBoard is written a beat at a time, in the open. Read one, write the next beat, and the Board decides which draft becomes canon.