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The “Emotional Log Line” Book is Now Available

July 27, 2025
Writing a screenplay isn’t easy. However, professional screenwriters know one trick. The best screenplays aren’t those with the most creative idea, the most action, or...
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How to Write a Dramatic Scene

July 23, 2025
All stories are about conflict. Since every scene tells a mini-story, every scene must also show conflict. In action films, conflict is easy to see...
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The Master Fiction Plot Outline

July 18, 2025
Screenplays are all about telling stories so it’s crucial to learn storytelling techniques. Although novels and screenplays may differ from short stories and stage plays,...
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Writing Subtext in Dialogue

July 14, 2025
Most writers write dialogue and then try to add subtext. If you find this difficult, a much simpler approach is to identify the subtext first....
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The Real Purpose of a Scene

July 10, 2025
The biggest mistake novices make when writing scenes is thinking the sole purpose of a scene is to give information about the story to the...
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Why Your Story Needs an Emotional Logline

July 6, 2025
Nobody ever watches their favorite movies for the plot. That’s because they already know what’s going to happen. Instead, people watch their favorite movies over...
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Don’t Write and Format at the Same Time

June 28, 2025
When most novices start writing screenplays, the first thing they do is rush out and buy a specialized screenwriting word processor like Final Draft. While...
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Creating the Emotional Logline

June 24, 2025
Nobody has time to read a full-length screenplay. Instead, most people read a summary of a screenplay known as a logline. The purpose of the...
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Techniques for Writing Great Dialogue

June 20, 2025
The key to writing dialogue is to define exactly what each character wants to say – and then make sure they don’t say it. First, you...
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Make Sure Every Scene Changes Someone’s Life

June 16, 2025
When writing any scene, look for the character whose life will change the most. Most of the time, that will be the hero or the...
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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.

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