Your job as the writer is to make it as easy for the reader as possible. Now this doesn’t mean that you write to a lowest common denominator or dumb down your script in any way. Easy reading is damn hard writing. It seems easy, however, because there aren’t any mistakes: the writing is clear and concise, with engaging creativity. But most importantly – and this may be the highest accomplishment to any screenwriter – it’s easy because it’s fast: a literal page-turner. There are many ways to get a reader to flip the pages fast and furious, and the most important…

Screenplay Genre: Action / Western Movie Time: 99 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Joe (Clint Eastwood) arrives in town, and thugs immediately spook his donkey. He heads into the local cantina and fishes for information about the town, which Silvanito (José Calvo) readily supplies. An idea forms in Joe’s mind to pit the two warring factions, the Rojos and the Baxters, against each other. (00:11:39)