What is a Screenplay?

Ya, so what is a screenplay anyway? Many people already know what a screenplay is, but I’m willing to wager more don’t. A screenplay is…..”a narrative of life.” When we say, “life” obviously that’s not always about people. This narrative can be about anything in your imagination, “anything.” Why? Because the imagination is an endless treasure chest of new and old, of things to come, new colors sounds smells and experiences. Obviously it’s more appealing when people are involved because your audience will always be people. Life is complex as are people. Our audience, “people” have a wide variety of interests. A screenwriter re-tells life and often makes it up with the use of imagination, hence fiction. I find it fascinating even spiritual when screenplays, fictional in genre that were written many years ago and became movies were almost prophetic as life catches up to the vision and life imitates art.