The five-act structure is a plot formula that divides a story into five sections: the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. From these classical explorations comes our ...

Most screenplays are doomed to fail from page one. The culprit? Bad story DNA. Mariner Software’s Contour 1.1 story development software helps screenwriters develop a structurally sound movie ...

I have been in the outline phase of my best script for what feels like months. I just want to get the idea down, but I have been tripping up when it comes to the middle and other points. So, in order ...