This is an article about the dreaded expositionI wrote for SCREENCRAFT. Read it below or click on the image or the link to the original. Writers hate it. Directors hate it. Actors especially hate it. Exposition. It might just be the most hated word in the writers’ room and on set. At its core, exposition is nothing more than the conveyance of key information the audience must know in order for a story or character to make sense. However, suspend an audience’s understanding of

This is an article I wrote for Script Mag.Read it below or click on the image for the link to the original. If you’re like most screenwriters, you’ve probably read a handful of books on the topic (if not a box-full). And you might have noticed that most preach a variation of the following: in order for your screenplay to work, your Hero MUST have a story-level goal. A goal that starts around page 10 (inciting incident) and which she or he actively pursues throughout the story