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Watch any bad movie and you’ll almost always find that it had an intriguing idea. “The Layover,” which has...

Here’s a common mistake novice screenwriters make all the time. They describe a scene where someone gets killed right...

Every story is about solving a single problem. That main problem must be clear and unsolved until the very...

One way to look at a story is to imagine it as a video game. In a video game,...

Almost everyone can come up with a great idea for a screenplay. The hard part is turning that great...

This is the way most people come up with a story. They first come up with an interesting plot....

Watch trailers and you’ll immediately notice that they tell you what the story is about, the tone, who the...

If you watch any bad movie, you’ll notice they almost always start with a good idea. Where bad movies...

When athletes train, they often practice exercises that don’t seem related to their actual sport. For example, boxers jog...

Watch a bad movie and chances are good you don’t care what happens to the characters no matter what...

When people try to create a story, they often try to create something original, forgetting the fact that there...

All the special effects, explosions, car crashes, and gunfire in the world won’t make your story better. That’s because...