Bit of a shorty today as I’m steamrolling my way through several projects at the moment. This includes revising two of my own scripts.
As part of the effort to make the next drafts of both that much better, I’m trying to take the time to read scripts in the genres of both. Why not glean what I can from prime examples?
The learning truly never stops.
Added bonus – a lot of these are just fun to read.
This is one of those basic pieces of advice that every screenwriter, no matter their experience level, needs to heed on a regular basis:
Read scripts.
Study them. Use them for the learning tools they are and wring every last bit of help out of them that you can.
Everything really is right there in front of you. 90-110 pages of primo learning material. Pages and pages of “See what they did there?” Take notes. See what’s there and NOT there.
Take it a step further and read a script of a film while watching that film. How do they compare? Lots of similarities? Lots of differences? Do the actions onscreen do justice to the words on the page?
Apply what you learn to your own script. It might help more than you realize.
Side note – DO NOT copy that writer’s style. You’re working on establishing your own voice. No good can come from trying to sound like somebody else.
Maximum Z 
Good advice, Z. And the ones that are “fun to read” offer a really good clue for reasons to write that way.
I think, too, that it’s okay to “copy” another writer’s style as long as you realize it’s an experiment. I wouldn’t start releasing screenplays written in that style, however. But just like children, copying what’s out there already can be an aid in developing one’s own unique style.