Learning how to write a screenplay–as one of my old screenwriting teachers used to say–is like driving in the fog. “You can’t see very well, but you can make it the whole way if you keep going.”
But making sure you’re driving on the main road, and not stalled in the metaphorical screenwriting driveway, requires having a marketable screenplay premise that’s exciting, full of conflict and doesn’t totally blow.
So in the (sorta) brief video above I go over a 3-step screenplay premise formula that will help folks mastering how to write a script stay on track–and have just enough structure to keep them motivated from page 1 to Fade Out.
