When writing a screenplay, you must create a story and then tell that story. Where most novices go wrong...
When writing a screenplay, you must create a story and then tell that story. Where most novices go wrong...
Scenes act like building blocks that move your story forward. However, a scene is more than just dialogue. A...
A story is about a hero who changes emotionally by pursuing a physical goal. In many cases, the hero...
Every movie starts off with an intriguing question and then ends by answering that question. In “Star Wars,” the...
If you only watch great movies, it’s easy to get discouraged. If you watch bad movies, you can be...
Imagine a story where you could take the exact same characters, move them to another city, and the story...
One of the hardest parts about writing a screenplay is not only coming up with a plot, but also...
To sell a screenplay in Hollywood, you need a great idea, one that grabs someone’s attention and makes them...
Read screenplays and you’ll notice one thing. Every scene typically has two things going on at once. If a...
When many people start writing a story, they quickly lose focus and wind up writing themselves into a dead...
The purpose of a scene is to move the story along. However, the only way a scene can move...
The hardest part about writing a screenplay is that you have to write a script and come up with...
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.