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The Eight Segments of Story Telling

May 17, 2015

Take a two hour movie (120 minutes) and break it into eight 15-minute segments where each 15-minute segment tells an interesting story. If you study...

Tell an Interesting Story

May 14, 2015

One of the biggest problems with most novice screenplays is that the screenwriter buys an expensive screenwriting program like Final Draft or Movie Magic and...

Same Idea, Different Stories

May 11, 2015

One fallacy about writing is that you need to come up with an original plot. That’s basically impossible because humanity has been around for so...

Make it Visual

May 4, 2015

Before you write a single word of dialogue, focus on telling a story through actions alone. Visual actions make far more of an impact on...

Make Your Villain Fascinating

May 2, 2015

Compare the the original Avengers movie with the latest “Age of Ultron” sequel. In the first Avengers movie, the villain was Loki, who’s a fascinating...

Putting the Audience in the Story

May 1, 2015

You can’t literally put the audience in your story. However, you can create a compelling emotion in your story that makes audiences see themselves in...

Less is More

April 29, 2015

If you watch the latest “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” you’ll see the usual band of superheroes along with several more, and that’s the problem. There...

Making a “What the Heck?” Moment in the Opening Scene

April 25, 2015

You only have one chance to make a first impression so your opening scene better grab your audience right away. You can do that by...

The Crucial Opening

April 23, 2015

The opening scene is a mini-summary of your entire story. Here’s what an opening scene must do: Grab the audience’s attention by making them wonder,...

Thinking in Fractals

April 13, 2015

A fractal is a mathematical pattern that appears as a tiny building block, but when put together, forms a much larger but identical building block...

The 15 Minute Movie Method