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If you read many novice screenplays, one of the biggest flaws is that the hero doesn’t improve in any...

Novels have a huge advantage over movies because a novel can show us something and let us know the...

When a movie only focuses on the emotional change of a single character (the hero), you’ll likely get a...

In the movie “Dune,” there’s a scene where a narrator tells us that the hero and a woman are...

One reason why novels provide a more engaging experience than movies is that with a novel, the author can...

If possible, watch a stage play that’s later turned into a movie. “Jersey Boys” started as a stage play...

Here are two ways to make a boring story. First, create a problem. Second, solve the problem right away....

Sometimes the beginning of a movie needs to give the audience information about the story before the story even...

The opening of your screenplay should grab the audience’s attention and make them wonder what’s going to happen next....

Sometimes you can watch a three hour movie and by the time it ends, you don’t even realize how...

Movies without a theme tend to be directionless and short-sighted where every scene tries to do something, but without...