Watch a bad movie and chances are good you’ll be bored. The reason you’re bored is because the movie...
Watch a bad movie and chances are good you’ll be bored. The reason you’re bored is because the movie...
In the 90’s, Walt Disney churned out hit after animated hit with movies like “Beauty and the Beast” and...
Rather than tell a story, try to create a world. A world provides a playground for telling a story...
The worse possible scenario always occurs. This makes your story more interesting and more dramatic at the same time....
Reality TV is an oxymoron because if you were really watching reality, you would see a bunch of people...
Your hero needs to be sympathetic (so your audience will care) and your hero needs a clear goal (so...
How has the movie industry changed over the years? It’s more spectacle-driven and pre-awareness driven. In her book “Sleepless...
“Captain America” isn’t a bad movie, but it’s not a great one either. The biggest problem is the simplest:...
After teasing your audience for the past hour or so, how do you end your movie? You don’t want...
“The Help” is one of those rare movies that is destined to be a milestone in movie history much...
In the book “The Screenwriter’s Formula,” author Rob Tobin provides a great description for how to construct the hero’s...
There’s a new movie out called “Warrior.” What’s particularly intriguing about this movie is it’s ending where a man...
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.