“Unlocking the Secrets: How ‘Challengers’ Redefines Screenwriting Through Compelling Storytelling Techniques”
A good grip on subtext will make this possible for you as a writer. What are characters really communicating when they do or say something?
Making sure character action and the narrative align with a key theme will also be important—the script should focus on that message, and each scene should serve it in some way.
In this case, the film could be interpreted as three characters who understand each other most completely when they are playing tennis at their highest levels and how each pursues that elusive connection in their own way. Every scene is somehow about tennis, but every scene is also about their ties to each other.