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Either the hero’s goal or the villain’s goal needs to be mysterious. That’s because every story is really a...

Action movies focus on explosions, car crashes, and gunfire. However, all that action is meaningless if there’s nothing behind...

Far too many movies focus on action and forget about the human element behind that action. Specifically, we want...

If you watch the movie “Pacific Rim: Uprising,” you can see a perfect example of how not to write...

Genre defines an audience’s expectations. If you have a horror story, horror fans expect to see people fleeing from...

There are three types of endings. The most common is the happy ending. Far less common is the tragedy...

Every story consists of two stories that correspond to the hero’s physical goal and the hero’s emotional dream. The...

In every scene, there’s a character arc. That involves three items: Change Goal Conflict Change means that the character’s...

Every hero typically has a physical goal and an emotional dream. The physical goal is what the hero wants....