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Watch a great movie and within the first few minutes, it’s grabbed your attention and introduced an unresolved problem....

Every story defines an initial, unresolved problem for the hero that will never get resolved until near the end....

Many writers make the huge mistake of trying to write a screenplay from start to finish in a linear...

The worst thing that can happen to any story is that it gets boring because audiences have no idea...

The purpose of a screenplay is not to tell a story. The real purpose of a screenplay is to...

The book “Scene & Structure” offers a simple way to start and end a story. To start a story,...

Often in poor screenplays, characters will gush emotionally about how much someone means to them. However, as the audience,...

Imagine watching a scene between two people arguing. That by itself is mildly interesting. Then one character mentions the...

It’s easy to spot novice screenplays. They often involve massive sets, special effects, and large casts along with exotic...

One huge mistake novice screenwriters make is that they start writing with no clear goal. They don’t know where...

Read most screenplays and you’ll spot the same mistakes. One common mistake is that characters speak dialogue that fails...