Compare a screenplay that was produced to the numerous screenplays people are writing that have yet to be produced. Despite so many people writing screenplays, most will never be produced for a variety of reasons, but the number one reason is that they’re simply not compelling enough. Forget about the actual story. Look at how […]
Watch the 2016 “Suicide Squad” and then watch the 2021 “The Suicide Squad” and you’ll notice a vast difference. The 2016 version spends all its time constantly going into the backstory of multiple characters. Yet most of this information isn’t relevant to the story so it simply wastes time and delays the story getting started. […]
In every story, there’s really only one core conflict that drives the story from beginning to end. Identify that core conflict and you can create a rich, complex, compelling story using that one core conflict as your story’s foundation. This core conflict has both a physical and an emotional component. The physical component is a […]
Watch a great movie and you’ll notice that every moment keeps you in the story where you can see what the hero is going through and the struggles the hero must overcome. However, if you watch a mediocre movie, you may notice another common characteristic: time jumps. A time jump occurs when the action suddenly […]