Minor question. Numbers

[Chuck58]

Thanks, Don. I feel better. That's how I did it with this one script I'm doing. This one is going to be a total departure to the others I've done. I picked up the idea from reading about a teenage girl, new to a high school, who was bullied into suicide back east somewhere, Massachusetts, I think.

I couldn't get the idea out of my head. After about a month and a half, I just had to give it a shot. Not sure if I'll be able to pull it off. So far, it's a first draft, a few pages, of not very good writing. The plus side, I've actually got the whole thing in my head to the end, which isn't suicide. That is an option though, or an alternate ending.

[ScriptNurse]

I have as well. In my scripts, I do not spell them out in the action description and I do in dialogue, and I try to avoid mentioning phone numbers unless it's a story point.

[Chuck58]

I've read in a number of places that all numbers must be spelled out, such as a phone number. Instead of 555-1212, you have to write it out five-five-five... well, you get the idea.

I've also read that you don't have to spell out the numbers. What's the consensus here? I've read scripts that contain both. One has all numbers written out, others use numbers.