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Your hero must have a goal that starts the story moving forward. As long as the hero continues pursuing...

Look at the difference between a mediocre story and a great one. A mediocre story drags along with nothing...

When many novices get an idea for a story, they immediately rush to write the screenplay. This inevitably winds...

The biggest reason movies flop is because the screenplay focuses too much on physical action while ignoring the emotional...

When most people come up with a story, they focus on the high-concept idea. In “Bumblebee,” the latest Transformers...

The YA (Young Adult) genre has been hot ever since the success of “The Hunger Games” and “Twilight.” However,...

The quickest way to make a boring story is to forget the number rule of storytelling: the hero must...

One of the latest box office bombs of 2018 is “Mortal Engines.” The movie is based on a science...

Break a two hour screenplay into four, 30-minute segments and you get the following: Act I – Introduce the...

Strip away the emotional change in a hero and you wind up with a story heavy on action but...

Conflict is the heart of every story and what creates conflict are obstacles. The purpose of any obstacle is...

There’s a huge difference between plot and story. Plot is what happens and this is easy to visualize in...