April 2011

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The Ups and Downs of Story Telling

April 29, 2011

A story should feel like an emotional roller coaster that takes audiences up and down. A story without these ups and downs will simply feel...

Clash of the Titans (or How Not to Write a Movie)

April 22, 2011

“Clash of the Titans” is one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters, having surpassed the all-important $100 million mark. Financial, it’s a hit, but story wise,...

The Four Part Story Sequence

April 17, 2011

Every story (and every sequence in a story) consists of four basic parts. Ignore these four parts and you risk creating a dull, flat, and...

Obstacles

April 12, 2011

Without conflict, there is no drama. Without drama, there is no story. Without a story, you have an interesting anecdote, but nothing substantial enough to...

Acts I and III

April 7, 2011

The typical three-Act structure of a screenplay makes sense — right up until you try to write your own screenplay. Since Act II represents the...

Act II — the Subplot

April 2, 2011

By using the classic three Act structure to plan your story, you can clearly see what your hero’s goal is (Act I), how your hero...

About Wallace Wang

First place winner in Scriptapalooza’s 2023 screenwriting competition for the supernatural horror screenplay titled “Nightmares From a Past Life”. Author of “The 15 Minute Movie Method”, “Story Starter”, and “Writing Scenes for Screenplays” in addition to over 50 computer books. Writer of “Three of a Kind”, a situation comedy produced by San Diego State University’s film class that won a student Emmy award. Designer of the board game “Orbit War”, published by Steve Jackson Games, that simulates satellite warfare in the near future.

The 15 Minute Movie Method