What is a plot? The contemporary definition of plot — as it pertains to literature, cinema, and other story-driven platforms — is the plan or main story....
Back in the olden days, people of all ages would flock to movie palaces — grand, ornate places where moving pictures were projected onto giant...
What can screenwriters do to write compelling second acts within their screenplays? In the end, every cinematic story has a three-act structure — a beginning,...
How can screenwriters use character arcs and story arcs to ensure that their screenplays have an overarching narrative? We've explored two different acronyms of the...
What are the best ways writers can begin the worldbuilding of their science fiction and fantasy stories? J.R.R. Tolkien created a long-ago land called Middle...
How can you use screenplay formulas and story structures to your advantage without writing a paint-by-the-numbers screenplay? Let's get this out of the way first....
99% of amateur screenwriters fail to tell a story. These writers may know how to properly format a script, how to write snappy dialogue, and...
If Joseph Campbell's 17 Stages of the Monolyth story structure is too complicated for screenwriters, Dan Harmon (creator and writer behind Community and Rick and...
In case you've been trapped in a dark basement for the past year or so, let me be the one to tell you: horror films...
In my work as a script consultant, I discovered a chronic problem among aspiring screenwriters: 99% fail to tell a story. What the 99% do...
