39 Steps to Better Screenwriting

There’s a person. S/he has a goal. There’s a rock between him/her and the goal. S/he has to go over, under, around, or through the rock to get to the goal. Simple as that. I didn’t make this up. It’s been around for a couple of thousand years

seven points of each story. Briefly, the seven points are 1) the ordinary life of the character; 2) the inciting incident; 3) the end of Act I — goal and plan; 4) the midpoint wherein the story goes off in a new direction and your character develops a more important goal; 5) the low, or all is lost, point; 6) the final challenge wherein your protagonist defeats his antagonist; and 7) the return to the now forever-changed ordinary life

Have conflict in every scene. Yes

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Write your protagonist with flaws, especially one that he has to overcome in order to mend or cement the central emotional relationship and prevail in the final challenge

Have an emotional relationship feature prominently. Humanize the science. Make it personal