A field guide and story lab for the most primal setup in movies: somebody just like us, facing something impossibly bigger.
↓THE STORY STRESS TEST
Paste a logline or describe the setup. We'll look for the four pieces that make this kind of story hit.
THE ENGINE
An everyday person whose fears, obligations, and limits feel like ours.
A disruption so immediate and primal that nobody needs it explained.
A force with more power, more reach, and every apparent advantage.
One stubborn, personal quality the opposition failed to account for.
THE FEATURED CASE
This site is also a workshop in public—a place to follow an original story as its pressure, stakes, and hero are sharpened from premise to page.