<p>greg, not to worry… 
Like your son, mine was always telling stories. He didn’t necessarily write them. His brother and sister liked building with Legos, but not him. He wanted them to build him characters and structures so he could play making up stories for them. He wrote his first screenplay (it was pretty bad) when he was 13 or 14. He kept writing and they got better.</p>
<p>One option would be to ask your son to double major in “something practical”. My son is a freshman film production/business double major. We didn’t ask him to take on the business major; it was something he wanted to do.</p>
<p>As for schools, I would suggest going to [::</a> College Planning Made Easy | Inside Source for College Admissions Requirements](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>http://www.collegeboard.com/) . Under “college search” click on “find your match”. You can put all your criteria in there and choose screenwriting as a major.</p>
<p>Here is a website for screenwriters that my son really enjoyed. Maybe yours would, too. [Zoetrope:</a> All-Story: The Virtual Studio](<a href=“http://www.all-story.com/virtualstudio.cgi]Zoetrope:”>http://www.all-story.com/virtualstudio.cgi)</p>
<p>Taxguy, I thought it was funny to see that your message #4 was a message to me almost exactly 4 years ago. My son isn’t a h.s. freshman looking for free screenplays anymore. Now he’s a college freshman who loves writing his own. Though he’s a film production major, he loves screenwriting just as much. What is your son doing these days?</p>