WELCOME TO SCREENWRITING SIMPLIFIED

Hollywood is populated by three kinds of people: doers, dreamers, and deceptions.

Everyone wants to be a doer. The people who actually make things happen. The ones getting stories told, seeing their names on the silver screen, building careers one project at a time.

Most people spend at least part of their journey as dreamers. That phase can be frustrating, exhausting, and mentally difficult. But having a dream still matters. In many ways, it’s the fuel that keeps writers moving forward when the industry gives them every reason to quit.

But be wary of the deceptions.

Those are the people looking to profit from your ambition rather than help you build it. For screenwriters, they often appear online as “screenwriting gurus” with questionable credits, selling mentorships, coaching packages, seminars, and secret storytelling formulas. All for a price. Sometimes thousands of dollars. Money most aspiring writers simply cannot afford to lose.

Ask yourself a simple question: if these gurus possess such incredible storytelling superpowers, why aren’t they selling screenplays themselves?

Save your money.

Start here on this website. Learn the fundamentals. Study structure. Write scripts. Then, if you want formal instruction, look into an affordable screenwriting program at a local community college where you can test these principles without mortgaging your future chasing someone else’s “masterclass” or paying for the privilege of a zoom session. 

Consider this your first lesson, and like everything else on this site, it was free.