I Was Really Bad At Story Structure... This Changed Everything - Adam Davis

Watch the video version of this podcast here: Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time - and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - 0:00 - I Knew This Idea Could Be A Movie As Soon As I Heard It 17:26 - What The Last 5 Years Of Screenwriting Has Taught Me 31:30 - I Was Really Bad At Story Structure... Here's What Changed 41:04 - Why I Don't Fear Failure Anymore (And You Don’t Have To Either) 51:34 - Filmmaking In Your 20's Vs 30's 1:01:42 - I Wasn't Sure If I Could Write A Novel... Here's Why I Did It 1:17:23 - How I Self-Published My First Book On Amazon KDP 1:26:37 - Movies Will Never Go Away Armed with a diverse creative palette and a passion for character-centric storytelling, Writer/Director Adam Davis has created numerous short and feature film projects. Credit highlights include the feature Broken Ceiling (nominated for Best Feature at the 2016 Pasadena International Film Festival and available on streaming platforms) and No Touching—starring Zoë Bell (The Hateful Eight), Heidi Moneymaker (Captain America: Civil War), Jake Busey (From Dusk till Dawn: The Series) and Doug Jones (The Shape of Water). No Touching won the Silver Audience Award at the 2016 Fantasia Film Festival and has amassed over 1 million views on YouTube. Adam was also a finalist in the 2022 Screencraft Horror Competition. Adam’s most recent projects are Curse of the Sin Eater, a horror feature film he co-wrote and co-produced which was released this year and Orum, a horror short film he wrote, produced and directed starring horror icons Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator) and Kristina Klebe (Halloween) which was nominated for Best Horror Short and Best Supporting Actor at the Nightmares Film Festival 2024. WATCH: CURSE OF THE SIN EATER CONNECT WITH ADAM DAVIS SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A MEMBER SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A PATRON (Affiliates) ►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – ►WE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) – (Affiliates) ►BOOKS WE RECOMMEND: THE NUTSHELL TECHNIQUE: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting THE STORY SOLUTION: 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take SAVE THE CAT! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need ►FILMMAKER STARTER KIT BLACKMAGIC Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K - ZOOM H4essential 4-Track Handy Recorder - ►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – ►WE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) – LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - AUDIO Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - *Disclaimer: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, we’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows us to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for your support!

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This episode was published on Nov 23, 2025.

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