A government man named Strangways is killed and carted away in Jamaica, and the word goes out for James Bond, who is playing Chemin de Fer a...

In 1978, we meet Mel as he’s deeply in trouble, running some sort of sting operation for the FBI, under threat of prosecution himself. We t...

When Malcolm is still in the womb, his mother holds off Klansman from burning down her house by showing off her pregnant belly. Malcolm is ...

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We begin on Earth in 1988. Young Peter Quill watches his mom succumb to cancer, then gets sucked up into a spaceship. Then cut to 26 years ...

Young Steve Rogers tries to sign up for the army but gets rejected because he’s too puny. His friend Bucky takes on a double date to a Worl...

Bruce Wayne dreams/remembers being a boy, falling into an abandoned well on his estate, and landing into a cave where he’s attacked by bats....

Thor is about to be made king of Asgard when frost giants from Jotenheim attack. Thor leads a forbidden raid on Jotunheim but has to be sav...

Dorky teen Peter Parker runs after his school bus after missing it. His crush Mary Jane gets the bus to stop, but sits with her jerky boyfr...

Bilbo Baggins is visited outside his hobbit hole by wandering wizard Gandalf, who is seeking an adventurer. Bilbo refuses the call, but ref...

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Hi, guys, so my book is due on March 1st, and I’ve decided I need a ton more examples. (I’m reading my previous book to my daughter and it...

Why Jack might be hard to identify with: He’s a Republican homeless drifter. Who can identify with that?  Believe It’s tricky because he do...

Fun fact: There are two of my books that I never did BCI for! Here’s the first one!  Why Nick might be hard to identify with: We’re invite...

The hits keep on coming! Last week, I shared a massive spreadsheet of all of the Ultimate Story Checklists I’d done for movies. That was a...

Hi, has my book/audiobook or the podcast been helpful to you? If you haven’t done so, and if you have a few minutes, could I ask you to rev...

UPDATED: I realized The Fugitive wasn’t on there!  And I added alternate colors for different sections of the checklist.  Hi guys. Many ye...

The Secrets of Story Podcast · Episode 24: Agency with Parker Peevyhouse Parker Peevyhouse returns to discuss when a character should bre...

Why Nancy might be hard to identify with:  She realizes the teen she’s dealing to is dealing to 10 year olds, then, to get him to stop, thre...

Why Tony might be hard to identify with:  He’s clearly a psychopath.  We sense that, despite the self-pitying talk typical of psychopaths, h...