How to Write A Screenplay – 20 Lessons from Star Trek
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definitely would have been a daunting task.
LESSON #4 – Survival Plot
We identify with suffering in general and especially survival as these are common experiences for most people. Do you know why your movie should be a survival plot?
Let me start by citing the evidence:
Out of the Top Grossing Movies 35 are survival plots! and the top ten movies on IMDB are all movies on survival.
Because so many top movies are about survival it stands to reason if you write a movie based on survival you have a chance for it to succeed in the box office.
LESSON #5 – Traceable Hero
The audience has to easily be able to identify which character is the hero of the story, what he wants (his motivation), the problem the hero must face, and how he overcomes the