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Many writers have an idea for a story but often no clear idea how to start or end it....

One mistake many people make is they try to turn an event from their own lives into a screenplay....

When writing a screenplay, the last thing you should do is touch your screenwriting word processor. Yet that’s usually...

Here’s how to write a boring scene. Introduce a scene where the hero expects something to happen. Then show...

When most people come up with an idea for a story, they focus on the action. By making the...

Read this article about “The Shawshank Redemption”, a movie that initially bombed at the box office but has since...

When creating a story, the first step is defining why anyone would care about your story. To make people...

The opening scene must grab our attention but more importantly, it must summarize what the whole story is about...

In every good story, the hero must change. In every great story, the hero changes by making a risky...

One huge problem every writer faces is coming up with a coherent plot that drives the entire story. Without...

Before anyone can care about your story, they have to care about your characters, especially your hero. Yet a...