Michael Regilio

That applies to working as a screenwriter in Hollywood as much as it does to like entrepreneurship or parenting or discovering your purpose, really anything in life. So How do you find the mountain?

That's an excellent question, actually. I think that when I think back on the films that I've written, usually there's a single moment in a story that was the inspiration for it. And I'll give you two examples. One was Little Miss Sunshine. And I was just looking for a good ending to the story.

That's an excellent question, actually. I think that when I think back on the films that I've written, usually there's a single moment in a story that was the inspiration for it. And I'll give you two examples. One was Little Miss Sunshine. And I was just looking for a good ending to the story.

That's an excellent question, actually. I think that when I think back on the films that I've written, usually there's a single moment in a story that was the inspiration for it. And I'll give you two examples. One was Little Miss Sunshine. And I was just looking for a good ending to the story.

And I wanted to write an ending that I made videos about, like an insanely great ending where it seems like the worst thing is about to happen and then the best possible thing happens. I spent six months just like trying to figure out what a good ending should be. And I was like, how can you engineer it? So everyone in the audience thinks the worst possible thing is going to happen.

And I wanted to write an ending that I made videos about, like an insanely great ending where it seems like the worst thing is about to happen and then the best possible thing happens. I spent six months just like trying to figure out what a good ending should be. And I was like, how can you engineer it? So everyone in the audience thinks the worst possible thing is going to happen.

And I wanted to write an ending that I made videos about, like an insanely great ending where it seems like the worst thing is about to happen and then the best possible thing happens. I spent six months just like trying to figure out what a good ending should be. And I was like, how can you engineer it? So everyone in the audience thinks the worst possible thing is going to happen.

And then in one second, you flip it over, the best possible thing happens. And I was thinking like, you know, should it be a sports movie? But that's kind of a cliche. Should it be like romantic comedy? It's hard to avoid cliches with that. I couldn't figure out. And then I was watching this little child beauty pageant on TV. And there were all these little skinny blonde girls.

And then in one second, you flip it over, the best possible thing happens. And I was thinking like, you know, should it be a sports movie? But that's kind of a cliche. Should it be like romantic comedy? It's hard to avoid cliches with that. I couldn't figure out. And then I was watching this little child beauty pageant on TV. And there were all these little skinny blonde girls.

And then in one second, you flip it over, the best possible thing happens. And I was thinking like, you know, should it be a sports movie? But that's kind of a cliche. Should it be like romantic comedy? It's hard to avoid cliches with that. I couldn't figure out. And then I was watching this little child beauty pageant on TV. And there were all these little skinny blonde girls.

And I just thought, God, wouldn't it be great If a little chubby girl got up there and you totally thought she would be humiliated, be the worst moment of her life. And then the music came on and she just rocked the house and just blew everybody away. I was like, that's a good ending. I know that's a good ending. So that was the beginning.

And I just thought, God, wouldn't it be great If a little chubby girl got up there and you totally thought she would be humiliated, be the worst moment of her life. And then the music came on and she just rocked the house and just blew everybody away. I was like, that's a good ending. I know that's a good ending. So that was the beginning.

And I just thought, God, wouldn't it be great If a little chubby girl got up there and you totally thought she would be humiliated, be the worst moment of her life. And then the music came on and she just rocked the house and just blew everybody away. I was like, that's a good ending. I know that's a good ending. So that was the beginning.

And then you go, like, if that's the ending, like, who is this little girl? What is this pageant? How did she get there? Who is her family, et cetera, et cetera. There's other scripts that I've written that have been based on the inciting incident of the story. I go, oh, that's a great beginning. I know where I can go with this because that's a great beginning.

And then you go, like, if that's the ending, like, who is this little girl? What is this pageant? How did she get there? Who is her family, et cetera, et cetera. There's other scripts that I've written that have been based on the inciting incident of the story. I go, oh, that's a great beginning. I know where I can go with this because that's a great beginning.

And then you go, like, if that's the ending, like, who is this little girl? What is this pageant? How did she get there? Who is her family, et cetera, et cetera. There's other scripts that I've written that have been based on the inciting incident of the story. I go, oh, that's a great beginning. I know where I can go with this because that's a great beginning.

Sometimes it's like a speech that a character gives and you go, oh, I want to hear a character give this speech. And then you're building the rest of the story out from it. So a lot of times you're finding the spark of inspiration just in a single moment. And then you just elaborate on that universe out from that single moment.

Sometimes it's like a speech that a character gives and you go, oh, I want to hear a character give this speech. And then you're building the rest of the story out from it. So a lot of times you're finding the spark of inspiration just in a single moment. And then you just elaborate on that universe out from that single moment.

Sometimes it's like a speech that a character gives and you go, oh, I want to hear a character give this speech. And then you're building the rest of the story out from it. So a lot of times you're finding the spark of inspiration just in a single moment. And then you just elaborate on that universe out from that single moment.

I feel like the low moment before your climax is actually the centrifugal center of your story. A lot of times what you're doing with your story is trying to drive your character down to the place where the worst possible thing is going to happen to them. And that becomes the focus of the rest of your story, right? You're just trying to go to the worst possible place.