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Good vs. Bad Movies

June 10, 2015

You can learn from both good and bad movies. One classic good movie to study is “Star Wars.” Despite its relatively simple special effects, it’s...

Three Ways to Make Act III Exciting

June 9, 2015

Act III of any story should be the biggest, most exciting part of the whole movie. That’s when the hero risks everything against impossible odds...

Flip-Flop Halves

June 8, 2015

Think of every story as two halves where the first half is the opposite of the second half. In the first half of any good...

Story Layers

June 7, 2015

Here’s the formula for creating a flat, one-dimensional screenplay. Focus on your hero. Here\’s the formula for creating a multi-dimensional screenplay. Create multiple goals for...

The Big Bang

May 31, 2015

Watch older movies and they tend to be slower and often close with a whimper instead of a bang. Then you watch newer, good movies...

Crafting a Pitch

May 27, 2015

Here’s how most people write a screenplay. They come up with an interesting idea and start writing. Then they run out of gas less than...

Put Your Hero in a Dark Spot Early

May 25, 2015

In the beginning of your story, your hero is in a dead end life. The more awful you make this early introduction to your hero’s...

How to Write Dialogue

May 24, 2015

The biggest mistake novices make with dialogue is that they use dialogue to provide information to the audience. Don’t do that. Instead, make the audience...

Choosing a Screenwriting Program

May 23, 2015

The most popular (and expensive) screenwriting program around is “Final Draft” ($249) along with its most popular rival “Movie Magic Screenwriter” ($249). However, don’t think...

“Four Screenplays” by William Goldman

May 21, 2015

William Goldman has written some of the best movies in the past few decades that you can learn much about screenwriting structure by reading some...

The 15 Minute Movie Method