The “Pursue a great cause” emotional logline often appears in true stories since it requires the belief that someone...
The “Pursue a great cause” emotional logline often appears in true stories since it requires the belief that someone...
The “Survive” emotional logline is the most basic emotion because everyone wants to live. Survival can directly threaten the...
One common emotional goal is the “Find love” emotional logline where the hero searches for true love. Everyone can...
Watch and study full-length movies, but make sure you rewatch specific scenes from your favorite movies. Study how a...
In 2023, I won Scriptapalooza’s Screenwriting Competition. Although I’ll never know exactly what elevated my screenplay over the 3000+...
Every story needs conflict. Conflict creates a purpose for a story, raises questions on who will get what they...
Often times the hero lives in a flawed world through no fault of their own. That’s when the hero...
With the “Realize life is already good” emotional logline, the hero lives in a decent world but longs for...
Every story involves a goal. Knowing what characters want helps us understand what they’re doing and why. So when...
Nobody has time to read a full-length screenplay. Instead, most people read a summary of a screenplay known as...
Writing a screenplay isn’t easy. However, professional screenwriters know one trick. The best screenplays aren’t those with the most...
All stories are about conflict. Since every scene tells a mini-story, every scene must also show conflict. In action...
First place winner in Scriptapalooza’s 2023 screenwriting competition for the supernatural horror screenplay titled “Nightmares From a Past Life”. Author of “The 15 Minute Movie Method”, “Story Starter”, and “Writing Scenes for Screenplays” in addition to over 50 computer books. Writer of “Three of a Kind”, a situation comedy produced by San Diego State University’s film class that won a student Emmy award. Designer of the board game “Orbit War”, published by Steve Jackson Games, that simulates satellite warfare in the near future.