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In the beginning of your story, your hero is in a dead end life. The more awful you make...

The biggest mistake novices make with dialogue is that they use dialogue to provide information to the audience. Don’t...

Take a two hour movie (120 minutes) and break it into eight 15-minute segments where each 15-minute segment tells...

One of the biggest problems with most novice screenplays is that the screenwriter buys an expensive screenwriting program like...

One fallacy about writing is that you need to come up with an original plot. That’s basically impossible because...

Before you write a single word of dialogue, focus on telling a story through actions alone. Visual actions make...

Compare the the original Avengers movie with the latest “Age of Ultron” sequel. In the first Avengers movie, the...

You can’t literally put the audience in your story. However, you can create a compelling emotion in your story...

If you watch the latest “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” you’ll see the usual band of superheroes along with several...

You only have one chance to make a first impression so your opening scene better grab your audience right...