“No village of the happy people!” ~Richard Walter When people ask, “What is the story about?” they usually want to know what the story’s conflict is. So, what is the conflict in your story? It is on you to ensure that some form of conflict is present in every moment...
Audiences are harder to please if you’re just giving them effects, but they’re easy to please if it’s a good story. ~Steven Spielberg Most unforgettable stories go like this…. An interesting, three-dimensional protagonist is prompted by an outside force to...
“A dramatic story is any series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, striking interest or results.” ~William Froug, Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade Setting the Parameters: The Story’s Sandbox Story is the sandbox that screenwriters play in. When...
“A character in a musical doesn’t really land until he or she sings.” ~ Stephen Schwartz What do audiences care about most in musicals? Is it an intricate, multi-layered plot with a great twist ending? Or might it be an array of interesting settings?...