Creativity 101 : March 5, 2010 : 6:49 am

The best advice on screenwriting you can get

Today, Marc Scott Zicree related the description of story theory I’ve ever heard: “You start with a character with a problem.  You continually throw shit at him in Act Two, until he is in the deepest shit possible.

“If it’s a tragedy, he doesn’t escape it.

“If it’s a happy ending, he or she figures out their problems and succeeds.  That’s it.”

Were you looking for something more complicated?