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How I Won Scriptapalooza’s 2023 Screenwriting Competition

August 20, 2025

In 2023, I won Scriptapalooza’s Screenwriting Competition. Although I’ll never know exactly what elevated my screenplay over the 3000+ screenplays submitted that year, I do...

How to Test Your Story Idea

May 23, 2025

If you think you’ve got a great story to tell, here’s a quick way to find out. In his book “Secrets of Loglines, Treatments, and Pitches”...

What is Your Real Goal as a Screenwriter?

April 1, 2025

Your beginning shapes your ending. That doesn’t just apply to your story but to your career as a screenwriter. When beginners decide to become a...

Never Stop Learning (A Health Update)

March 8, 2025

Like many people, I’ve always wanted to write a screenplay and see my story get turned into a movie. That’s when I started learning about...

Keep Increasing the Danger to the Hero

March 5, 2025

The only way to improve as a screenwriter is to write. That means you must practice writing as often as possible. Rather than write full-length,...

The Essence of Making a TV Show

July 12, 2024

Many people are interested in writing a screenplay for a movie but many more seem interested in creating their own TV show. Neither goal is...

How to Improve Your Screenwriting Skills

March 6, 2024

Learning anything new is more about time management than intelligence. The harder you work at something, the better you’ll get so one way to get...

Know What Screenwriting Judges Look For

March 2, 2024

This is the way most screenwriters work. They write a screenplay and send it off to a screenplay contest, hoping they’ll win. That’s like learning...

Become a Better Screenwriter by Watching More Movies

November 30, 2023

For some odd reason, many people want to write a screenplay, yet they fail to study and learn from existing movies to see what works...

How to Avoid Reshoots in a Screenplay

November 26, 2023

There’s a recent story about how Disney has ordered major reshoots for the latest Captain America 4 movie. Studios order reshoots when a preliminary version...

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.