Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question. You hit exactly on my concerns. It feels like the script structure has really fallen under scrutiny in the last 12/18 months and it's giving me a headache. I was part of a 2 day discussion on how to correctly write a phone conversation for example. It was that lunacy that prompted my question to you. Not trying to blow smoke, but I find your consistency reassuring. I will get on each if these suggestions. Thanks again!

Quiz Show by Paul Attanasio – Such a well-crafted script. It’s a prime example of how you can describe your characters in a very interesting and unique way, while still lean and cliché free.

Michael Clayton is pure genius. Most of Tony Gilroy's screenplays are packed with breathtaking examples of lean lean lean punch and meaning, including the Bourne scripts he wrote for action sequences. For character work and structure, 3:10 to Yuma (the most recent version) by Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, based on the original by Halsted Welles and short story by Elmore Leonard. For visceral storytelling, anything by John Milius, Walter Hill and James Cameron.