Last I was Oil and Gas Director for Microsoft Saudi . The longest I did was an Account Technology Specialist . I decided to leave because I wanted to fulfill my dream of starting up a business . 19 years is truly too long , but they know how to keep they people they want around . That is one of their secrets and great success ! !<| sep |> Sounds like you need to start basic , and basic narrative structure is actually really simple . If you ' re applying this to short films , even better . Here it isSomething is one way . And then something changes it . You can stop there , and it wouldn ' t be a bad place to end a short film . For example , a kid stuck in an orphanage . His life sucks , people mistreat him every day . One day , he finds an old copy of the wizard of oz , the book , under his bed , and he ' s able to take his mind off his terrible situation . One morning , his keepers find his bed empty . He ' s gone . When you want to get more complicated , there ' s push back from the original situation and other factors driving or inhibiting change . Something is one way . Something changes it . The first something tries to change it back . Other things aren ' t having it . etc , etc . In the end though , something changes either internally , externally , or both . If nothing changes , what you ' ve got is a painting , not a film .