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Bad movies tend to have no focus. Watch a bad movie like “The Spy Who Dumped Me” and none...

In every scene, a main character wants something. What makes a scene interesting is watching that character struggling to...

The original “Twilight Zone” TV series had a tight budget. Despite depicting creatures from other worlds, ghosts, supernatural events,...

Conflict is never about car chases, gunfire, and explosions. Conflict is always about challenging the hero’s indecision between staying...

It’s easy to come up with a high-concept idea and start writing. However, it’s hard to make anyone care...

Nothing’s more boring than a scene where two people talk and nothing happens. There’s no arguing, no fighting, nothing....

If you watched the original “Star Trek” TV show, Captain Kirk and the other main characters would always explore...

Imagine watching “Star Wars” where Luke is about to attack the Death Star and blow it up before the...

Watch any mediocre movie and you’ll notice it lacks coherence and focus. In place of a tight, focused story,...

The biggest mistake mediocre movies make is when they constantly throw conflict at the hero but all that conflict...