The impulse to be free as a screenwriter is one of the most self-destructive notions you can have. Screenwriting is a specialized trade that follows very specific rules, and the unwillingness to accept the fundamental principles of screenplay structure is like playing Russian roulette – only there’s a round in every chamber. You do have artistic freedom in many areas of screenwriting – voice, originality, characters – but when it comes to story and structure, you must master the mechanics of the screenplay machine. And it is a machine. The practicalities of writing a…

Screenplay Genre: Horror / Thriller Movie Time: 92 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Two American tourists, Lindsay (Ashley C. Williams) and Jenny (Ashlynn Yennie), on a road trip through Europe get lost on some back woods road somewhere in Germany when their car breaks down with a flat tire. (00:05:49)