Once upon a time, a long time ago, I was considering the possibility that there might be more to screen drama than external conflict-driven plotting when, as if hit by a thunderbolt, a new paradigm of ...

The five-act structure is a plot formula that divides a story into five sections: the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. From these classical explorations comes our ...

If you hear the words “once upon a time,” you might guess that you’re hearing the beginning of a child’s fairy tale. And if you hear the words “and they all lived happily ever after,” you know you’ve ...

How to create a story structure. Every story needs a plot: an exciting series of events. Most stories follow a simple structure that is called the story mountain, but obviously all stories don't have ...

Reading about the plot structure of a movie is one thing. But actually having those involved with the film itself break down the story to you is a completely different experience altogether. For those ...