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If there is one thing creatives across the world are worried about, it is plagiarism. At the same time, entertainment industry professionals are eager to get their work seen by the right people. In the pursuit of the latter, there’s risk of one’s screenplay getting into the wrong hands and being misappropriated or stolen. While plagiarism is a major concern for not-yet-adapted screenplays, for those that are optioned, there’s the perpetual worry of script leaks and disputes in chain of title.

How do you ensure that you meet the dual objectives of giving your screenplay the maximum possible visibility and ensuring that the screenplay does not fall into the wrong hands? Sure, you may have registered your screenplay with the WGA or the United States Copyright Office, but that’s no guarantee that no one will try to steal your plot, ideas, or the screenplay itself. Therefore, when you begin sharing your screenplay, you need to ensure that you choose a platform which offers secure sharing features that include enough checks and balances to ascertain that your screenplay is safe.

No longer is the reach of your screenplay limited by your ability to physically deliver it to agents or producers. The digital age has made sharing (and unfortunately, stealing) easier, thus calling for even more care in choosing a sharing platform that ensures that only the intended parties receive access to your screenplay.

​​At Rchive, security and protection of your work is not merely a feature, but part of our core philosophy. At every stage in development, equal emphasis is placed on security and ability to share your work with potential option buyers. Secure sharing features, as well as best practices in coding have been built into Rchive from the ground up. For example, when you upload your screenplay, it is always private, unless you explicitly change the visibility yourself. Then, there’s a complete audit trail of who has viewed your screenplay and for how long, etc. Some other security features built into Rchive include:

Selectively grant access to other users (agents, producers) to download and view​ (default setting prevents download​)​

Check who has accessed and read your screenplay for how long

Prevent printing of screenplays

Ability to remove screenplay at any time (but leave it accessible only to you)

Ability to hide your screenplay from search results (screenplay will be visible to only those specifically invited)

You maintain complete log of activity on all screenplays

Any and all screenplay activity is stored on Rchive’s secure server, always as protected as the screenplay itself.  Every time someone views or downloads your screenplay (downloads can happen only if you explicitly allow it), as well as at what time and from which IP address is logged and stored forever, should you ever need to access it.

As a writer, you need to learn to temper your expectations and avoid thinking too many steps down the road. If you're already thinking about the awards your work will garner then you're bound to overlook its flaws and make grave errors. Casting your screenplay before you actually write your dialogue may seem like putting the cart before the horse but it could actually help your writing.

You may think that casting your story with actors in mind before you start writing will limit your creativity. The logic follows that if the character is already someone else in your head that you'll be hesitant to let that character change or evolve. In reality, as long as you cast an actor that you think is malleable, it can help ground your characters in reality.

When characters only appear in your mind as abstract concepts, they lack the depth and truth of a real person. Casting an actor in that role can breathe life into the words and help you picture what they would look like actually saying them. You'll be able to answer the all-important question "would this character say that?" Casting the appropriate actor in each role will help define that character and enrich his or her voice.

If you’ve ever asked professional screenwriters for advice on how to become a professional screenwriter, odds are good that one of their answers was “write every day.” This is great advice, as it’s the only way to stay disciplined and practiced enough to produce good work. However, this doesn’t mean that you should keep writing the same thing every day until you’re able to sell it. Sometimes, screenplays need to be left alone for a while so you can come back to it with fresh eyes.

            Writers can be very protective over their work. Since every word on every page was something that they thought was good enough to write, they will often struggle to see anything wrong with their screenplays. It’s especially tough to spot your faults when you’ve just written something.

            Have you ever read something that you wrote a long time ago and immediately found a bunch of things that were wrong with it? This is because you have the luxury of having fresh eyes and aren’t blinded by your attachment to it. If enough time has passed, you can distinguish between the person you were when you wrote it and the person you are now. You’re constantly growing, maturing, and evolving so it makes sense that you’ll see things differently now than you would have a few months ago. Maybe you have a new job, house, or relationship that has changed your outlook. Maybe you’ve just learned to look at certain things in a new light.

            Take a break from your screenplays. Once you’re done with a draft, move on to something else and let that screenplay sit for a while. Then, when you come back to re-write it, you’ll be far enough removed from the actual writing process to be able to see it more objectively. You won’t immediately think about the hard work you put in to write it and will be more willing to change and cut the bad parts.