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The key to writing an interesting story is to give goals to all your main characters. The weakest type...

There’s a reason why many novels don’t translate well into movies. It’s because of the fundamental nature of novels....

Watch bad action movies and you see nothing but special effects and frenetic movement but not story. That shows...

“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” had the potential of being a bad movie. Instead of focusing on action like...

Every story is really about the same goal. The goal may not be exactly identical, but the goal is...

Movies are a visual medium so it’s far more important to see something interesting rather than hear dialogue. Too...

How do you start a story? First, make sure your hero changes. Then start your story right at the...

Every story needs a direction. That direction comes from the hero’s emotional dream. The hero needs something emotionally and...

The most crucial element in any story is that the hero must care for someone. Omit this crucial element...

Every hero has an emotional dream. By achieving (or failing to achieve) this emotional dream, the hero changes into...

Every story poses an initial question that can be answered with a yes or no. This initial question is...

A story must be complete. That means every villain is defeated in some way. That doesn’t mean the villain...