Story is a guiding principle for writer-director John Sayles. For nearly forty years, he’s made films outside the studio system…
UCLA screenwriting instructor Tim Albaugh notes that a story is interesting when someone becomes something, not when someone is what he or she was…
Identity and humanity are two concepts that science fiction loves to explore, so it’s a shame when a film that…
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A Little Bit of Familiarity Goes a Long Way Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A hodgepodge of people…
This article first appeared on the Final Draft blog and is re-published here with permission. Writing a story with an ensemble cast…
The crime genre unites the tragic and the absurd like little else. Before focusing on fictional mayhem, I was a…
Keanu Reeves returns as the titular protagonist, a retired hit man who just wants to grieve in peace. Everything…
Now is the perfect time to achieve your creative goals, like writing the screenplay for that thriller in your head…
The considerable charisma and chemistry of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence keep the sci-fi adventure Passengers afloat, even if the script easily fixes…
