Just Enough Chaos: the Rough Draft of Your Screenplay On one hand, you need structure: some kind of scaffolding to…
Idea Theft and Other Pointless Concerns No one is going to steal your fucking idea. It’s just not that special.…
Engineering the Midpoint through Faulty Logic for Screenwriters How People Come to Conclusions This post is about engineering the Midpoint…
Bad Guys Close In (Falling Action): Three Examples for Screenwriters The second part of Act II is often one of…
The Law of Unintended Consequences in Film: Three Examples and Three Exercises “The Law of Unintended Consequences” sounds more complicated…
How to Create Suspension of Disbelief for Screenwriters As a big fan of speculative fiction, I have long been interested…
When Does Satire Fail? Ten Satirical Films Misinterpreted by Being Taken Seriously. After an interesting pub conversation yesterday–regarding one of…
How to Solve Story Problems Without Logic: Angus Fletcher’s Techniques for Creative Breakthroughs It’s not uncommon to find story problems…
Five Examples of the Midpoint in Screenwriting: the Most Crucial Beat in Your Film When it comes to the lived…
How to Write an Open Ending: 3 Classic Examples To hell with Aristotle–resolution is overrated. Open endings don’t mean laziness…