Here’s what many novices do when writing a screenplay. They write a handful of compelling, exciting scenes. However, the...
Here’s what many novices do when writing a screenplay. They write a handful of compelling, exciting scenes. However, the...
Action acts like visual eye candy to keep us entertained. Unfortunately, action by itself is ultimately pointless. After you...
Exposition is nothing more than crucial information needed to understand the story. In the old days, stage plays used...
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When you write a screenplay, it’s easy to think it’s the most compelling story int he world. However to...
Novices have a common delusion. They believe their first screenplay will be great and all they need to do...
The biggest mistake novices can make is writing a screenplay before they know the story they want to tell....
One way notices often write themselves into a corner is to come up with an interesting story and then...
When someone gets an idea for a story, they often overcomplicate things. Instead of telling a single story, they...
The three ways to create conflict are to fight against the environment, to fight against another person, and to...
In sports, there’s something known as cross training where people practice other types of exercises to help them get...
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.