Every screenwriter I've ever heard of says there are three things to do to learn to write screenplays: watch movies, read screenplays, write screenplays. That d

Every screenwriter I've ever heard of says there are three things to do to learn to write screenplays: watch movies, read screenplays, write screenplays. That doesn't mean you'll succeed; it's just that without doing those three things, you won't succeed. I'd say Tarantino working at a video store made one leg of that tripod pretty easy. (He also says he learned a lot about screenwriting by taking acting lessons.)