There’s a curious dilemma in Hollywood. If you come up with a compelling log line for your story, chances...
There’s a curious dilemma in Hollywood. If you come up with a compelling log line for your story, chances...
When most people think about comedy, they think of jokes. But if you write a screenplay based on witty...
Here’s the most common mistake novices make in writing a screenplay. They try to tell a story. While you...
There are two animated films on the market that both focus on racial diversity. “Raya and the Last Dragon”...
It can be inspiring to watch a great movie and then strive to create something just as wonderful. However,...
The most common mistake of novice screenplays is that they provide exposition mostly through dialogue. This creates two problems....
There’s a huge difference between horror and just gore. Horror porn typically focuses on showing people, usually young attractive...
The worst way to write a comedy is to try and be funny. Watch “Disaster Movie” that does nothing...
The biggest mistake many novices make it they come up with an idea for a story and then they...
Watch most movies and you’ll often miss the hero’s motivation. Yet it’s clear right from the start. Most people...
Divide a 120-minute screenplay into four equal segments of 30-minutes and you can plot your villain’s story. In Act...
Divide a two hour (120 minute) screenplay into four Acts and you get four 30-minute segments. In Act I,...
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.