If you're lost in your second act, feeling trapped in a tricky labyrinth of perplexing webs and tortuous dead ends, you might blame it on screenwriting. But the essential rules that dictate the visual aspects of how to write a screenplay are not to blame; they are only a scapegoat. It is by most accounts your failed execution of those rules that is flawed. Sure, screenwriting is complicated, but not because it's convoluted, confusing, or complex by design. Nothing could be further from the truth. Screenwriting is complicated because it is very precise and intricate,…

Screenplay Genre: Animation / Family / Musical Movie Time: 64 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT After waiting anxiously for Mr. Stork (Sterling Holloway), Mrs. Jumbo (Verna Felton), an elephant in the circus, receives a special delivery—the adorable baby elephant, Jumbo Jr. Mrs. Jumbo loves him all the same, but when the other elephants see how big his ears are, they tease him for being different. (00:10:08)