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Imagine being buried alive in a coffin underground. That’s the premise of a movie called “Buried” where Ryan Reynolds...

Every scene should tell a mini-story that moves the story forward. Two ways a scene can move a story...

In a villain-driven story, such as a James Bond movie, the villain pursues a dangerous goal and the hero...

In every scene, characters fight each other. This fight isn’t always about anger but more about changing the mind...

If you enjoy amusement parks, you might know that Disney recently shut down their Splash Mountain ride to shift...

Narration occurs when a character or unseen person tells the audience important information to help them understand the story....

This is the way far too many people write a screenplay. They come up with a rough idea and...

Most people write boring scenes where characters get along and nothing changes from the beginning of the scene to...

Watch a bad movie and you’ll see lots of conflict involving physical fighting, car crashes, explosions, and gunfire. Yet,...