Welcome to the Screenwriting Secrets series, a collaboration between The Script Lab and Script Sleuth. Today we take a look…
So many aspiring screenwriters are like horses at a starting gate, eager to burst loose, captivate a crowd’s attention, and…
It can feel like a longshot when submitting to screenwriting competitions, especially if you live outside of a major film…
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back… The Usual Suspects… The Sixth Sense… Se7en… Psycho… Oldboy… The Prestige… The Game… Memento……
Even though filmmaking is collaborative, you can sell yourself short if you focus so much on making a splash that…
Narrative expert John Yorke absorbed story structure long before he decided to study it, convincing him that understanding story patterns…
Writer, producer, and director Bert Marcus has an ear for a good story with broad appeal, something he credits both…
Veteran story consultant Christopher Vogler has been immersed in stories for so long, he can spot plot patterns on the…
A Civil War soldier wounded in battle, a prince with a debilitating stammer, and a black female mathematician at NASA…
If you finish a film but no one sees it, do you make any money? That’s a question that producer,…
