read. Read. READ!

The old axiom, 'a writer writes' could not be any truer (though, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure how old the axiom actually is. I know it's at least 21 years because that's when Billy Crystal said it to Danny Devito in THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN).

But an even truer axiom is (or should be) 'a writer reads'. You always have time to read. Always. And if you want to be a screenwriter, you need to be reading screenplays. Have you ever read CHINATOWN? PULP FICTION? BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID? BUTCH, you'll have to pay for (go here to do it, it's worth it), but the other two? Those you can for free.

All you have to do is go here, to SIMPLY SCRIPTS. You'll find hundreds of scripts in a variety of formats. Scan through the titles, right click and 'save as', print and read.

Then repeat.