Useful for execs, useless for geniuses. See it with a notebook and a grain of salt.
If you’ve ever doom-scrolled through screenwriting TikTok or lurked in a film school subreddit, you’ve met them: The 7 Movie Rules. They are whispered like commandments: Thou shalt have a protagonist with a flaw. Thou shalt raise the stakes every ten pages. Thou shalt never, ever use voiceover unless it is Goodfellas . 7 movie rules rules
But if you want to make art? Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like a king. The moment you feel the "rising action" sagging, put in a ten-minute scene of a man just cooking an omelet. That is the movie I want to watch. Useful for execs, useless for geniuses