10 Screenwriting Lessons You Can Learn From Jurassic World

9. Make Sure Your Movie Is About Something

Say what you will about Jurassic Park's often questionable plot, but the movie still manages to be about "something" - that is, the movie works as a deft criticism of the ever-expanding nature of Hollywood blockbusters, and as a brilliant allegory of the pitfalls of capitalism (with a little bit of "you can't fight instinct/change nature!" thrown in for good measure). When you sit down to write your own script, it's important that - aside from what's actually happening page by page - it has something to say about human beings and the state of the world. It doesn't have to preach or attempt to sway opinion, but it should make a convincing case for something - politically, creatively, morally... give it a good reason to exist. Because a film with something to say is more likely to capture somebody's imagination; a spec script reader is fifty times more likely to recommend a screenplay that taps into something about today's world - something entertaining that also has a point of view.