How to Format Your Musical Libretto Like a Professional

#MTWriterGuy #Writer #MusicalTheatre Grab your LIBRETTO FORMATTING GUIDE here: https://michaelradi.thrivecart.com/li... Let’s walk through the general rules for formatting your musical scripts and librettos. There are a few hard and fast rules to be considered, but more of the rules are flexible than you might think! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Why Should We Care About Script Formatting? 1:11 - Title Page 1:35 - Front Matter: Time, Place, Character Descriptions, and Author Notes 2:48 - Page Number Formats 3:10 - Font Choices 3:34 - Page Margins 4:16 - Character Names, Dialogue, and Scene Action 5:37 - Songs: Titles and Lyrics 7:15 - Scene and Act Endings ————————————————————————————————————— ***FREE TIPS DOWNLOADS!*** For PERFORMERS: “Top 10 Audition Tips” https://michael-radi.mykajabi.com/aud... For WRITERS: “Top 10 Structure Tips” https://michael-radi.mykajabi.com/str... ————————————————————————————————————— ***GO EVEN DEEPER WITH…*** For PERFORMERS: “The Ultimate Musical Theatre Audition Mini-Course” https://www.michaelradi.com/ultimate-... For WRITERS: “Musical Theatre Writing Collective” https://www.michaelradi.com/musical-t... Do you want to learn how to write Musical Theatre? Are you looking for a warm and welcoming community of writers? Then check out the collective at the link above! ————————————————————————————————————— One of my Favorite Writing Books: “The Writer’s Journey” by Christopher Vogler: (Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made through this post. I am an affiliate of bookshop.org and I will earn a commission if you click through the title link below and make a purchase. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, and will do so from the Amazon link below.) Bookshop.Org link: https://bookshop.org/a/4758/978161593... Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193... ————————————————————————————————————— If you would like to join the Cast and become part of the Musical Theatre Writer Guy community, subscribe to never miss a video, follow the links below to learn more, and consider becoming a Patreon supporter to help Michael create more content! Cheers! ————————————————————————————————————— Michael Radi (He/Him/His) is a Composer-Lyricist, Librettist, Performer, Vocal Coach, and Musical Director currently residing in New York City. He is an alumnus of the esteemed Lehman Engel BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop as a lyricist, and has written four full-length musical theatre pieces in addition to ongoing projects. His original musical The King’s Legacy, which received its world premiere production in August 2019 at the Bristol Valley Theater in Naples, NY, and has also been presented in Industry Reading format both in fall of 2019 as part of the Dramatists Guild Friday Night Footlights and in November 2016. More recently, his original one-man show ’S Wonderful: An Evening with George Gershwin just played its premiere production, also at BVT. Other current projects include a musical adaptation of The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, a one-man show soon to be announced, and a family-oriented musical comedy set in the world of competitive baton twirling, based off his family's history with the sport. Learn more about Michael at his website: http://www.michaelradi.com Michael’s Patreon Community:   / michaelradi   Learn more about The King’s Legacy on the website: https://www.thekingslegacymusical.com/ And listen to/watch numbers from The King’s Legacy on YouTube starting at:    • "The King's Legacy" Teaser   The Glamorous Life Blog: http://www.michaelradi.com/the-glamor... Follow Michael on… FB:   / michael.radi.54   IG: @radimichael @mtwriterguy TT: @michaelradi TW: @MichaelRadi88 Musical Theatre Writer Guy was written and filmed on Munsee Lenape and Canarsie lands.