Registered?

Q. Should I put "WGA registered" on my title page?

I don't think so. I've never seen a script from a professional writer that had that on the title page.

As I've mentioned before in my FAQ, I believe it is more important to copyright your script than to register it with the WGA. It costs the same, but the Library of Congress copyright carries statutory damages if your copyright is violated, while registration only provides some evidence that you're the original writer.

But if you must register the script, there is no need to put that on your script. It sort of says, "Hey, if you're planning to STEAL my VALUABLE SCRIPT, you CAN'T, because it's REGISTERED! You BASTARD!!!!"

It just looks amateurish.

(More posts about copyright here.)