Screenwriting.
Story Sctructure.
Perspective.

Screenwriting. Story Structure. Perspective

Here you can find talk on the subject of story structure, screenplays, movies and my exciting new creation…

Script Analysis Tool

Exciting update! My new AI-driven screenplay coverage automation tool is now live.

Simply upload your script in PDF format to receive comprehensive, professional-grade feedback. The system evaluates a wide range of essential elements, including structural cohesion, originality, plot development, unique voice, estimated budget considerations, and much more, giving you valuable early insights into your work.

Check it out here.

Screenwriting & Narrative Development

I’ve spent the last 15 years obsessing over how stories work and why they stick with us. This page is where I share what I’m learning, what I’m working on, and my ongoing hunt for brilliant, unique voices from around the world.

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Essays on Structure, Beat Sheets, Story Craft & More

  • The Cast as a Crucible: Scott Myers’ Character Metamorphosis and the Family of Archetypes

    If John Yorke gives us the architectural blueprint of the house, and Michael Hauge wires the psychological electricity behind the walls, Scott Myers answers the question that derails ninety percent of ensemble drafts: Who are all these other people cluttering up the living room, and why won’t they leave? One of the most common pitfalls…

  • The Ghost in the Machine: Decoding Character Arcs with Michael Hauge’s Journey from Persona to Essence

    There is a very specific, agonizing sensation that every screenwriter knows: your plot is moving, scenes are firing on all cylinders, explosions or dramatic arguments are occurring right on schedule—and yet, the entire draft feels completely hollow. You’ve built a functional roller coaster, but nobody cares who is sitting in the cart. In early drafts,…

  • The Anatomy of the Woods: Why John Yorke’s Five-Act Symmetry Is the Ultimate Script Stress-Test

    Screenwriting books love formulas. If you’ve spent any time in the trenches of screenwriting forums or script manuals, you’ve been beaten over the head with the Three-Act Structure, the Save the Cat beat sheet, and the promise that if your protagonist doesn’t have an “All Is Lost” moment on precisely page 75, your script is…

  • The Architecture of Story: Why I Built an Automated Script Reader (And Why AI Isn’t Coming for Your Soul)

    Screenwriting is a uniquely brutal craft. A novelist can meander through three pages of internal monologue about the smell of rain, and we call it literature. A screenwriter attempts that, and an assistant at a production company uses their title page as a coffee coaster before tossing the rest into the recycling bin. Screenplays aren’t…

  • Script Coverage – Example

    Hey, so, I wanted to show you just how effective my screenplay feedback tool that I’ve built can be. However, rather than use my own scripts (which I’ve done and it has been quite revealing – sometimes encouraging, always constructive) I thought I’d conduct an experiment with a well known, produced script. Joker If you…

  • Decoding the Narrative Blueprint: A Writer’s Guide to Story Structure Frameworks

    Balancing Structural Rigor with Creative Freedom – From John Yorke to Blake Snyder Every writer eventually runs headfirst into the central paradox of storytelling: stories require structure to hold together, yet rigid formulas can stifle the very magic that makes narrative feel alive. Structure should serve as a compass, not a cage. When you look…