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Ask yourself “What If?” to create an interesting story. Then ask yourself, “So what?” Before you start writing, you...

Here’s one quick way to define your story. Every hero must change so focus on defining what those changes...

Your villain defines how your hero will achieve his or her goal. Once you define your hero’s goal, you’ll...

Every movie is a mystery. You tease the audience with tidbits of information and once you’ve got them hooked,...

Every interesting story has a backstory, which is what happened to the characters before the story gets started. To...

There’s a big difference between showing an audience something and getting them intellectually and emotionally involved. Bad movies just...

A well constructed story works because all the pieces fit together. When studios throw additional writers on a project,...

The hero of any movie never succeeds based on his or her own desires. Instead, there’s always an outside...

Most screenwriting books have it wrong. The story isn’t about your hero pursuing a goal and overcoming obstacles. Your...

Every story is a learning process for the hero. The point of every story is for the hero (and...