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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the smartest of them all? You are. That’s why you’re writing the script – I hope – because you believe in its potential excellence. And in the beginning, this confidence is easy. You have enough passion and excitement to fill the National Mall as you speak from your pulpit at The Lincoln Memorial to rally your inner troops. The problem occurs months later. You battled in the trenches doing story and character research, outlining the screenplay, and now you’re stuck somewhere in the second act. It’s all just a big nightmare mess. Your…

Screenplay Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Family Movie Time: 114 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Mikey (Sean Astin) and his friends, The Goonies, are upstairs in his attic when he finds a map that leads to the treasure of the legendary pirate One-Eyed-Willy. Mikey inspires them to go after the fortune so that they can save their neighborhood from being foreclosed. (00:15:38)