April 2014

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Why You Get Stuck

April 8, 2014

You may have a great idea so you start writing your screenplay, wind up getting around 40 pages done, and suddenly realize you have no...

Making Characters Come Alive

April 7, 2014

There’s more to a character than just a name and a description. You never want to write a screenplay for a specific actor because the...

Make It Relevant

April 6, 2014

There’s a danger of writing about a topical subject because by the time you write about it and the time the movie gets made, that...

Keep Threatening the Hero

April 5, 2014

To make your hero succeed, he or she must battle against a villain. Your villain needs to make an appearance in each Act of your...

Elements of a Great Scene – Part I

April 3, 2014

The other day I read a screenplay by a friend that spent five pages describing an airplane taxiing towards the terminal so the hero could...

The Typical Day and the Breaking Point

April 2, 2014

At the beginning of every movie, we get to see the hero’s typical day, but this time it’s not typical because something happens at the...

Examine Your Story Idea

April 1, 2014

The biggest mistake most people make is to start writing too soon. When you don’t know your story, writing your screenplay too soon is like...

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.