In a capitalist world, where our habits are dictated by the rhythm of an economical-oriented global system, our watching habits are not an exception. Throughout the years, we gradually moved from watching TV drama made for everyone, to watching OTT productions which are designed for our own taste and preferences. Our relationship with TV and…

Whenever screenwriters debate stories, we are always standing in front an immortal dilemma: to follow or not to follow the three-act structure, which is a model used in narrative fiction that divides a story into three parts (acts), often called the Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution. I think this three-act structure was modeled over time by…

The screenwriting craft changed a lot over time and became more than a technical document to pave the way for filmmakers to make their films. In one of the earliest scripts (Le Voyage dans la Lune, 1902) written by Georges Méliès, we notice a very permeative attempt to build a sequence of continuous actions that lead to…

I personally think that there’s something miraculous about the way screenwriters find their ideas for an upcoming screenplay. That ‘something’ is what gives the screenwriters their special voice. I believe there is no 100% original idea. All our ideas are an outcome of experiences, knowledge, environment, tastes, music, books, artworks, news, opinions, and traumas. Almost…

The Auteur theory is a theoretical approach that considers the director as the major creative force behind a movie. ‘Auteurs’ infuse films with their singular perspectives and trademark visual styles when translating them from screenplays to the screen. Critics use auteur theory to explore the ways these directors act as authors of their films, sometimes…

I think it’s important to understand the different views about the nature of screenwriting. When many consider screenwriting an ‘art form’ by itself, others think that screenwriting is an urgent technical practice that filmmakers relies on to make better films. Celebrated screenwriter Paul Schrader, the writer of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and many other acclaimed works of cinema,…

For me, storytelling revolves so much around plenty of reasons. In my opinion, the most important reason is what John Yorke calls ‘The Role of Order’ in his book ‘Into the Woods: How Stories Work and why We Tell Them’. The reality of an average human in a safe house, in a calm neighborhood, in…