
Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay

Try for Three-Scene Sequences
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
CLIMAX (page 105-110):
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
this happens which forces our hero to make this decision which leads to this confrontation, which is resolved in this way.
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
Think of a Story Engine as the machine behind your main character’s quest – it’s what gives momentum and urgency to the story.
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
You must keep your description paragraphs lean. Think of description in terms of showing us the movie as it plays on the movie screen in our heads, LIVE,
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
the script shows us what we SEE and HEAR. Now. Live.
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
OPENING (page 1-3):
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
be able to make a reader or viewer feel the emotions that your characters are feeling.
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
you must avoid the constant temptation to communicate exposition in dialogue.