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Pixar Story Telling Secrets

Why does Pixar consistently put out quality movies while other studios churn out movies in a hit or miss affair? The answer lies in Pixar’s...
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Iconic Images

There’s a big difference between great movies and bad ones. In a great movie, you can point to one or more scenes that define what...
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Everyone has heard of horror stories of Hollywood butchering a script and turning something wonderful into a pile of garbage. However, it often works the...
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The Hero and the Villain

Most screenwriters focus on creating a story from the hero’s point of view. However, you should also create that same story from the villain’s point...
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Fail As Fast As You Can

Thomas Edison reportedly went through 10,000 failed designs for the light bulb. When asked about so many failures, Edison reportedly replied, “I didn’t fail 10,000...
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Special Effects

Special effects are like cotton candy for the eyes. They look good and they grab an audience’s attention, but there’s a better way to make...
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The Hero Affects Many

In most bad screenplays, the whole focus is on the hero and all the other characters exist solely to help the hero on his (or...
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From an Actor’s Point of View

As screenwriters, we tend to look at a story from the author’s point of view. Step back a moment and look at your story from...
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Seeing Movies Twice

‘If you’re an aspiring screenwriter, you must watch movies, but you need to do more than that. You must also read movies as well. If...
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Anatomy of a Bad Movie

It’s easy to find examples of great screenplays. “Citizen Kane,” “Casablanca,” “The Godfather.” However, it’s also easy to find bad movies too. Since you can...
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