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Master Storytelling Techniques From Musicals

August 15, 2022

Screenwriting is storytelling. Not only should you study screenwriting if you want to increase your storytelling skills, but you should also study other forms of...

Telling a Story Through the Environment in a Scene

August 11, 2022

Far too often, novices write scenes where two people just talk to each other. Even worse, this scene is usually set in a dull setting...

The Weakness of the Latest Marvel Movies

August 7, 2022

For a while, Marvel movies got universal acclaim. By studying the highest rated Marvel movies, you can learn the importance of story. By studying the...

How to Write a Scene by Defining the Start and the Finish

August 3, 2022

Watch the deleted scenes of any movie and you’ll notice why they were deleted. In many cases, these scenes do nothing to support the story....

Where’s the Character Development in “Nope”?

July 30, 2022

“Nope” is the much anticipated film from Jordan Peele. After the superb “Get Out” and the decent “Us” horror films, “Nope” got decent reviews about...

Keep a Screenplay Interesting with Cliffhangers Using Reversals and Revelations

July 25, 2022

At the end of every scene, you need to leave on a cliffhanger to entice the audience to keep following the story. A cliffhanger gets...

Introduce Exposition as a Weapon or Path to Attack or Help the Hero

July 21, 2022

Novices often do information dumps where a character vomits out information solely for the audience to understand the story. This often creates phony dialogue like...

Make the Setting a Character in a Scene

July 17, 2022

A good rule of thumb is that if the action and dialogue in a scene could take place in a submarine, in a field, or...

Make Every Character a Mirror of the Hero

July 13, 2022

Every story is about resolving a single problem. In “Soul,” that question is what is a soul’s purpose? In “Titanic,” that question is how do...

Stop Doing This! (It’s Never the Idea)

July 9, 2022

Here’s one trap that many novices fall into and never get themselves out. They focus on creating an idea and then believe that idea is...

The 15 Minute Movie Method