Many aspiring screenwriters think Hollywood films are all so bad because they’re all the same, following the same tired old structure. They want to break the mould and make their film “different from all the rest.” We can certainly sympathize with these sentiments and those who…
If you haven’t read My Screenplay Can Beat Up Your Screenplay by Jeffrey Alan Schecter, then you should. It’s full of great, practical ways to toughen up your screenplay. Perhaps the most useful are his 12 Very Specific Plot Points in Act One. They’re a really useful…
This post is to let everyone know about our upcoming screenwriting ebook, “Master Screenplay Sequences — what’s really going on under three act structure.” As the title suggests, this screenwriting ebook moves on from traditional three act theory to expose how each act is actually constructed using…