Ratings and Reviews


This carefully curated story momentum masterclass sharpened my narrative feature into its fullest potential! Max doesn't suffer fools. The lectures and assignments laser focus on honing your craft, hubris be damned. Invest in yourself, you and your story are worth it!

In Mastering Story Momentum, Max teaches how to craft a professional script with a focus on creative decisions for dramatic effect, story logic, pacing, escalation… Max knows the intricacies of screenwriting on a level that seems like witchcraft, but teaches in a way that is clear and succinct—with specific and easy to use tools—making the information 100% workable.

Momentum is a vital screenwriting concept, and Max Adams has a unique ability to break down and clarify key ideas. In doing the class exercises, writers receive in-depth writer-specific Max teaching moments. These points lead to epiphanies that can't be gotten in a cattle call workshop of hundreds, books, articles, or other classes. The course is highly recommended for beginners and experts alike.


I have not taken a single class by Max, where I have not learned more about the story and the power it has to create new worlds. Mastering the Story Momentum allowed me to focus on making sure my stories have flow to them instead of aimlessly wondering about. Great class with fun engaging exercises.

From the explanation of the 'traveling scene,' and why a writer should avoid these, to mastering match-cuts, and but for/as a result of causation, this class is a game changer. Each lesson is chock full of insightful information on pacing. For those who want to engage the reader with ever increasing action and tension, you learn how here.

Fantastic class. I use the lessons from Mastering Story Momentum with every script I write. The class taught me to differentiate the story from the plot and break down scene by scene and act by act to ensure the script grabs and holds the reader’s interest throughout. Highly recommend.

We've all felt this, watching a film that starts strong, then drags into intolerable boredom. Max's course helped me fix my plots' pacings, see the story's readers' interest kept until the end. She's a Nicholl winner and fellow, who knows what's needed for a film's plot to take off and soar. Let her teach you that, as she did to me.
“You are inspired by your character who is witty and brave, writing smart dialogue late at night, only to find that after page thirty the plot drags! Worry not, the cavalry is coming in the form of Max Adams’ Momentum Class! You will learn and practice the secrets of how to keep a plot moving and write gripping, fast paced scripts! Who knows, you just might be able to quit your day job? “