Sublime

the protagonist must be the most dimensional character in the cast to focus empathy

The movie producer and all-around mensch Stuart Cornfeld once told me that in a good screenplay, every structural unit needs to do two things: (1) be entertaining in its own right and (2) advance the story in a non-trivial way. We will henceforth refer to this as “the Cornfeld Principle.”

Screenplays are structure. Precisely made Swiss clocks of emotion.

It gives flight to our greatest fantasies about our potential, while tempering those fantasies with a dose of reality.

Make it relevant to us.

An extraordinary person finds himself in an ordinary world.

Don’t start a scene unless you have figured out who your players are and what they want.

Every story needs memorable characters and your character work is often the most important skill to get you noticed.

must have direction.