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The biggest battle is never between the hero and the villain. Bad movies make this mistake all the time...

There’s nothing scarier than a villain you admire. If you make a villain totally evil, it’s easy to hate...

In every story, there’s an initial problem that the hero wants to solve. If that’s the only problem in...

Pixar usually makes decent movies. Yet one of their latest movies, “The Good Dinosaur,” had a troubled history. Apparently...

To help you visualize your story, think of how your story might look as a comic book. Doing this...

Every scene is one of many building blocks to create your overall story. Just as a chain is only...

There’s a reason why characters speak and it’s never to give out information to the audience, although that’s the...

All the action in the world means nothing if nobody cares about your hero. So how do you make...

Your hero usually starts off as a nobody and winds up as someone special in the end. You can...

Watch the first 15 minutes of any movie and then stop. If the story is structured correctly, you should...

What makes a bad movie is when something appears out of nowhere to help the hero. It’s okay to...

Stories without a theme might be entertaining and they can even be extremely profitable as well. The problem is...