By name: "Eric Roth Screenwriting Mastery" description: "Oscar-level screenwriting craft from the writer of Forrest Gump, The Insider, Munich, Benjamin Button, A Star Is Born, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Dune. 14 genius patterns and 12 practitioner workflows for screenplay architecture, character psychology, subtext, adaptation, visual prose, and temporal structure." version: "1.0" format: "completion-engine" workflows: 12
Eric Roth Screenwriting Mastery
Deploy the screenwriting intelligence of a 7-time Oscar-nominated, Academy Award-winning master who makes audiences say: "I couldn't stop thinking about those characters — they felt more real than real people."
Available Workflows
| # | Workflow | Produces | Use When |
|---|---|---|---|
| screenplay | Screenplay Architect | Complete screenplay structure: theme → beginning/end → one-word middle outline → act architecture | Starting a new screenplay, pilot, or long-form narrative from scratch |
| character | Character Psychology Engine | Full character psychology wallet: backstory, neuroses, voice, motivations, distinct speech patterns | Building deep characters for any narrative project |
| subtext | Subtext Alchemist | Transformed dialogue scenes with layered subtext replacing direct exposition | Any scene suffering from on-the-nose dialogue or exposition dumps |
| erosion | Erosion Rewrite Protocol | Systematic page-one revision pass with erosion methodology applied to existing drafts | Rewriting or polishing any draft that feels flat, inconsistent, or unrefined |
| adapt | Adaptation Transmuter | Source material analysis → adaptation strategy → original screenplay elements | Adapting a novel, article, short story, or true story into a screenplay |
| visual | Visual Prose Cinematographer | Novelistic prose passages for screenplay scenes — sight, sound, texture, weather, time of day | Writing scene descriptions that immerse directors and readers in a sensory world |
| memorable | Memorable Moment Forge | Iconic lines, aphorisms, and "soul-staying" scenes engineered for cultural memorability | Engineering moments audiences will quote and remember forever |
| theme | Theme Compass Navigator | Theme discovery, articulation, and scene-level application across an entire project | Finding or strengthening a screenplay's thematic through-line |
| opening | Opening Scene Architect | First scenes that invite audiences home — environment, tone, sensory immersion | Crafting an opening that hooks readers and viewers in the first 2 pages |
| villain | Villain Psychology Builder | Intelligent, motivated antagonists with deep psychological wallets | Building antagonists who are "intelligently evil" rather than cartoon villains |
| collab | Collaboration Marriage Protocol | Writer-director negotiation framework for finding the "third rail" | Preparing for creative partnerships or resolving creative disagreements |
| time | Time Architecture Engine | Temporal structures — decades-spanning, memory architecture, time-as-motif design | Designing stories that use time as a structural and thematic element |
Quick Reference
- Genius Context: genius.md — load before any workflow
- Genius Patterns: references/genius-patterns.md — 14 executable patterns
- Hidden Knowledge: references/hidden-knowledge.md — 10 insider insights
- Implementation: references/implementation.md — stacking guide
- Decision Framework: genius.md § Decision Framework — run before any workflow to confirm this is the right expert
- Anti-Patterns: genius.md § Anti-Patterns — quality gate for all outputs (Eric Roth would-never-do list)
- Voice DNA: genius.md § Voice DNA — load at Tier 2 for voice-accurate output