I talk a lot about the importance of endings and beginnings. In fact, I’d argue that the first thing to determine before outlining your screenplay is to KNOW YOUR ENDING. We’ve all been there, enjoying a great cinematic ride, only to have it destroyed with a painfully forced and unbelievable end. When writing a screenplay, the ending is key, and it’s wise to allow the ending to dictate how you begin. However, you must also be flexible. As the story takes shape, it’s a mistake to blindly stay the course, especially since not all stories should end “Happily Ever After”.…

Screenplay Genre: Biopic / Drama Movie Time: 135 min 1. INCITING INCIDENT John Nash (Russell Crowe) tells Charles (Paul Bettany) about his desire to create an equilibrium stratagem of game theory in which nobody loses (“governing dynamics”), an accomplishment that would revolutionize mathematics and the world. (00:12:53)