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If you want to destroy any chance of holding an audience’s interest, do what the movie “Skiptrace” does and...

Every hero needs a goal. When a hero lacks a goal, the story lacks direction and focus. That’s why...

Hollywood often thinks that good books can be made into good movies. Yet some of the best movies were...

The reason so many screenplays and movies seem dull is because nothing seems to be happening. When nothing seems...

There are two ways movies can fail. The most common way is to tell a story poorly where characters...

What makes Stephen King novels so enjoyable is that he fills each page with graphic details of gore, blood,...

Screenplays are like rollercoasters in reverse. A roller coaster starts with the biggest hill and then the hills get...

Browse through the movie offerings on Crackle, Netflix, or Redbox and you’ll likely find dozens of movies you’ve never...

Nothing should be ordinary or normal in your story. Even a simple trip to a restaurant should be interesting...

If you read novels that were turned into movies, you can see how the movies (usually) alter the story...

In general, men like action and woman like relationships. In a bad movie, you only get one or the...

Initially, the hero and the villain live in two completely different worlds. To bring the hero and villain together,...