Structure without character, character without story, story without voice, and voice without form… it simply doesn’t work.

To think of this formula as a recipe to write your great Hollywood script using structure alone would be shortsighted. Of course every great screenplay must have a solid structural foundation, but it is also essential to write with an original voice and have a powerful, and hopefully topical, concept with incredibly interesting, flawed, and empathetic characters – and all of this must be in proper screenplay form.

This is the science of the screenplay, the dramaturgy, but science is only a part of cinematic story telling. There is a blueprint – structured through acts, sequences, and plot points – that almost every movie follows. Imagine the automobile industry installing wheels on the roof of cars. It uses a very specific format, follows a universal structure, and must meet audience expectations. Both will get you to your final destination, but the ride will be a completely different experience. However, there is a huge difference between a two passenger Smart Car and a ‘64 Cobra 289. Just like every car has four wheels and two axles, each screenplay has the same basic structural parts – the nuts and bolts – to make it work.

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