Dave Trottier is known throughout the screenwriting world as Dr. Format. He is the best-selling author of The Screenwriter's Bible and Dr. Format Answers it All. When Academy-Award winning writers, directors, and producers have questions on screenwriting, they turn to Dr. Format.

Dave Trottier has sold several screenplays and developed projects for The Walt Disney Company, Jim Henson Pictures, York Entertainment, On the Bus Productions, Hill Fields (for ABC) and New Century Pictures.

As a script consultant, he has helped dozens of his clients sell their work and win or place in contests (including two Nicholl Fellowship winners and a National Play Award winner). His book, The Screenwriter's Bible (now in its third edition), is a top seller. He recently designed Dr. Format software for screenwriters. He has written a column for Script since 1989, and has published over a hundred articles in Writer's Digest, Hollywood Scriptwriter, Road & Track, USA TODAY, Vision, Disney Channel Magazine, COINage, Gift & Stationery, Single Parent, Creative Screenwriting, American Writer and other national publications.

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