Writers have a way of falling in love with the wrong things. A clever premise. A moody atmosphere. A line of dialogue that makes them feel like Tarantino on a deadline. But if you strip away the gloss and ask what the story’s really about? Crickets. Or worse, some vague monologue about “human nature.”That’s where Glenn Gers comes in. He’s a screenwriter with something better than a story formula: a six-question filter that doesn’t care how stylish your script is. If your story doesn’t pass this test, it doesn’t work. Period.And that’s precisely why these six questions matter. They don’t fix your story. They tell you whether you have one. The Story Doctor Is InGlenn Gers isn’t some screenwriting guru selling templates. He’s a working writer who’s spent decades in the trenches, writing studio films, indie projects, and navigating development hell with grace. Over time, he noticed that once you pass beyond the most superficial or preliminary writing problems, you graduate to the real, deeper ones—problems that are structural and foundational.So, he distilled the chaos into six questions that are brutally simple yet painfully effective. They won’t exactly tell you how to outline your script. These six questions will expose whether your story has a heartbeat at allLet’s go through them.The Six Questions That Can Break—or Save—Your Story1. Who is it about? The Iconic Harry Potter TrioCredit: Warner BrosThis sounds obvious. It rarely is.Every story needs a protagonist, but writers often confuse ensemble casts or shifting POVs with complexity. They...
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