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“The Economist” recently wrote about the flops that Hollywood produced and how nobody still knows what will make a...

One huge problem with novice screenplays is that they start an interesting scene and then end it. Then they...

I just read a friend’s screenplay where the hero basically drifts through the story with no change. He stays...

Technically a scene takes place in a single location, but for our purposes, a scene is a mini-story that...

The first step to getting your screenplay recognized is having a great concept. There’s an upcoming movie called “Sex...

Ray Bradbury was one of the best short story writers around with a handful of great novels as well....

You may have a great idea so you start writing your screenplay, wind up getting around 40 pages done,...

There’s more to a character than just a name and a description. You never want to write a screenplay...

There’s a danger of writing about a topical subject because by the time you write about it and the...

To make your hero succeed, he or she must battle against a villain. Your villain needs to make an...

The other day I read a screenplay by a friend that spent five pages describing an airplane taxiing towards...

At the beginning of every movie, we get to see the hero’s typical day, but this time it’s not...