What holds people’s interest is a mystery and the best way to create a mystery is to hide a...
What holds people’s interest is a mystery and the best way to create a mystery is to hide a...
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“Assassin’s Creed” is the latest video game to be turned into a movie, and yet it’s gotten poor ratings...
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If you haven’t read or seen “The Martian” or “Inferno,” you might want to stop reading right now to...
When author Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” became a best seller and cultural phenomenon, it made sense that...
Every story its about the hero changing to become a better person. The key is making sure the audience...
There are two extremes to time. In the 1995 movie “Nick of Time,” Johnny Depp plays a man who’s...
First place winner in Scriptapalooza’s 2023 screenwriting competition for the supernatural horror screenplay titled “Nightmares From a Past Life”. Author of “The 15 Minute Movie Method”, “Story Starter”, and “Writing Scenes for Screenplays” in addition to over 50 computer books. Writer of “Three of a Kind”, a situation comedy produced by San Diego State University’s film class that won a student Emmy award. Designer of the board game “Orbit War”, published by Steve Jackson Games, that simulates satellite warfare in the near future.