When you're struggling, it's usually one of three things.
We all hit walls with our writing sometimes. One of these is usually the culprit.
How to populate your story with supporting characters.
Every supporting character has a role in your story. It's your job to know what that job is.
How to find the dramatic question for a character piece.
Not every dramatic question is as easy as "Does the hero defeat the bad guy?"
How to know your ending.
What questions to ask before deciding how to end your screenplay.
How to approach a general meeting.
General meetings are panning for gold. A lot of effort, usually fruitless, but when it hits, it hits.
The three reasons anyone reads your screenplay.
There are three reasons people will agree to read your screenplay. You can influence all of them.
How and when to use CUT TO:
You have likely heard that CUT TO: is long out of favor. So why do we still keep using it?
How to write a passive protagonist.
Can't have one, right? Like most go-to notes, it’s mostly true, but with enough nuance that the definitive statement of it rings false.
Screenplay Structure
Choosing what the audience knows and when they know it in order to maximize narrative momentum and emotional resonance.
The Rules of Screenwriting.
Turns out, most dumb rules have something useful behind them.
How to format a text message in your screenplay.
Text messages in modern stories are pretty much unavoidable now. Write enough screenplays and it’s eventually going to come up.
The magic of sequence throughlines.
While ALIEN was not written in 8 sequences, it is a superb example of the 8-sequence approach.