---
title: Writing screenplays
date: "2002-09-16T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1161
description: I discovered how modern screenplays often mirror classic fairy tales, such as Psycho being based on Little Red Riding Hood and Pretty Woman on Cinderella. These structural parallels reveal the timeless narrative templates used in popular filmmaking.
keywords: [screenwriting, story structure, fairy tales, narrative archetypes, psycho, pretty woman]
---

[Writing screenplays](http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/9/15/102528/724). Interesting: modern murder-movies are based on **Three Little Pigs**, **Psycho** is based on **Little Red Riding Hood**, **Pretty Woman** on **Cinderella**, ...