Thanks for the link. I admire your inventiveness! And I'm sure the people registering scripts at the WGA appreciated your lemonade!

I read your article. Well written. And in general I agree with your takeaways. However, I always caution writers who are not yet working in the film and/or TV industry to be careful about thinking so much about what a writer cannot do, rather than focusing on what a writer should be doing.

There are all sorts of supposed screenwriting "rules" floating around. I can assure you that if someone writes a truly great script -- strong story concept, mulitdimensional characters, compelling plot, significant stakes, well-structured scenes, cinematic transitions, good dialogue, and all the rest -- it won't matter how they approach scene headings, what font they use, or even total page count. An authentically great script will find its way to someone who looks beyond the surface of how a script should appear and connects with them as a emotionally engaging story.

Yes, there are expectations, even conventions when it comes to script style and format, and the path of least resistance in getting past one of Hollywood's gatekeepers (especially the first line of defense: script readers) is to take care when veering too far away from those. However, nothing ... NOTHING ... should get in the way of a writer's positive creative energy resulting in a script reflecting a unique voice.

My overall takeaway from your takeaways is this: Writers, be mindful what you write. That includes taking care to present a script that looks and reads like a professional screenplay. It also includes -- more importantly in my view -- focusing most of one's energy on the characters and crafting a whacking good story!

If you don't mind, I'd like to write a Go Into The Story article featuring your Medium article. It's really quite clever what you did and deserves a wider audience. Let me know if that's okay. And again, thanks for your comments and the link to your article.