MacGuffin Magic: Boost Your Writing Skills Instantly!

What is the MacGuffin? And how to we put it to work to help us write fabulous, successful stories!

North by Northwest (1959)
A spy thriller produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay was by Ernest Lehman.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
An action adventure directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Jeffrey Boam, based on a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
An epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson.

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