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“The Sting” is one of the best movies to study how to maintain suspense through twists and surprises. Ten...

“Avengers: Endgame” has been breaking box office records since its release. While not a great movie, it’s still a...

Every story begins with a question. That question remains unanswered until the end, but that unanswered question is what...

Watch “Dr. Strangelove” and you’ll see a darkly humorous satire on the Pentagon and nuclear war planning. Yet if...

The quickest way to create tension and suspense is to put your hero in a dilemma between two choices...

When writing a screenplay, outline the basic structure of your story. Typically a story fools the audience into thinking...

One of the quickest ways to jolt an audience out of a movie experience is to have illogical actions...

In old Saturday morning cartoons, a character would face a dilemma. That’s when an angel and a devil version...

Every story is about emotional change based on your story’s theme. The hero starts out in a dead-end life...

When James Cameron was filming “Titanic,” a friend of mine worked as an extra, playing one of the corpses...

Even the best stories often don’t find an audience while far weaker stories make millions. Yet one way to...