How to Start Writing: Get Your Words on the Page Let's go learn how to write a movie script! Instead today I'll go over all the steps I take to get my story onto the page and into my manager's hands so he can go sell it. If there is a fool-proof way to learn how to start writing it hasn't been discovered yet. Pennywise isn't real (I swear), but that blank page and blinking cursor will haunt you for your entire life, especially if you're a writer. We all know the most horrific thing on the face of the earth is either Pennywise.