Have you spent months or years…

• Getting confused by all the screenplay structure methods out there, from Snyder to Truby to Vogler?

• Adding every plot point on the “correct” page of the script but still being told your screenplay structure is "weak"?

• Writing Acts 1 and 3 fairly easily but struggling to fill the giant void that is Act 2?

• Repeatedly being told by people who read your script that the structure "needs work," but not knowing what to do about it?

With our book Master Screenplay Sequences, you’ll be able to:

• Write scripts quicker and easier by breaking them down into seven or eight “mini-movies” rather than three big, long acts.

• Learn the difference between traditional 3-Act structure and the more dynamic sequence method.

• Identify key story beats and learn how to craft turning points that drive the narrative forward.

• Save time and effort by not having to endlessly rewrite poorly constructed screenplays.

• Learn how to create “page-turner” screenplays by using the natural highs and lows found in progressions of sequences.

• Complete analysis of screenplay structure missing from most books and courses, enabling you to step up to the level of pro regarding script structure

• Full breakdown on how sequences work—how they're “mini-movies” with their own 3-Act structure and how they underpin the whole script

• Drama breakdown: The Virgin Suicides. We demonstrate how even languid, “free-floating,” “arty” movies such as utilize sequences. If you’re writing a dialogue-heavy Drama this is essential reading

• Comedy breakdown: Bridesmaids. See how many of the sequences perfectly define the concept of “mini-movie” with each one setting up a clear goal for Annie in a different location — the dress fitting, the Vegas trip, etc.

• Action/Adventure breakdown: Raiders of the Lost Ark. See how the writers create that “roller-coaster” effect by utilizing sequences based on the Ark changing hands.

• Thriller breakdown: Collateral. A great example of the classic thriller technique of placing an ordinary guy in extraordinary circumstances and turning him into a hero. At the end of Sequence F, Max is safe from Vincent; but he must then risk his life to save Annie.

• Horror breakdown: Wolf Creek. When is it okay to have twenty minutes at the beginning of a script of people having fun and not much happening? In a horror. As long as it’s followed by absolute carnage, as in this Australian chiller. Learn how sequences are used to great effect in horror to pick off victims one by one…