I've got a question. How do you know when to change lines while writing action? Do you do it by shots? Or do you lump a bunch of action together in one paragraph? My concern is page length, how will this effect the page length and timing of the script? Or do I not worry about it and let the production experts figure it out once I sell the script?

Phil, that's a style question, but one that should be grounded in what I call 'Narrative Voice.'

Genre + Style = Narrative Voice.

Style does not exist apart from genre, rather genre will impact one's approach to screenplay style.

An action movie will have a different look to its scene description than a conversational drama.

A second consideration is that style has changed considerably over the last three decades. It used to be screenplays would have paragraphs of scene description 5, 10, 15 lines long. Then the CW was no more than 5 lines per paragraph.

Nowadays there is a move to keep paragraphs down to 2-3 lines max.

One way of thinking about scene description is to consider each new paragraph to signify a camera shot. That is one way to 'direct' the action without using directing lingo.

The downside to more paragraph with fewer lines is it does add to the page count because you are including a lot more blank line spaces.

For action writing, rule of thumb will be to separate out the action into individual lines and paragraphs. Even though the script is over a decade old, I still find "The Matrix" to be a great touchstone for action-writing.

As usual...thanks@!

The moment of doubt. This usually happens right before the ceremony, the first time we see the bride in her dress.

The bride always has to ask her mother or father "Am I doing the right thing?"

Or someone always says "It's not too late to change your mind."

Oh, and I actually have an idea for a wedding movie. I guess I'll just use this list and fit it into Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet. I'm gonna be rich!