Story Structure

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Get Emotional

January 16, 2015

The best stories move us emotionally, so if you want to create the best story possible, start by tapping into a strong emotion of your...

Mini-Goals

January 14, 2015

Divide a typical 120-minute movie into eight segments and you get eight 15-minute segments. Each 15-minute segment the hero must be pursuing a goal. In...

Murphy’s Law

January 12, 2015

Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. The screenwriting world is no different. You want to make everything go wrong...

Halfway Through, Things Fall Apart

January 8, 2015

The next time you watch any two hour move, time your watch to the one hour mark. When you hit the one hour mark, notice...

Haunted by the Past

January 4, 2015

In every story, someone is haunted by the past. Often times it’s the hero, such as Rick in “Casablanca” who’s bitter over a broken love...

Defining the Hero’s Impossible Goal

January 2, 2015

Every hero faces a seemingly impossible goal. Sometimes that goal can be earth-shattering such as in “Terminator 2” where the goal is to kill the...

Highlighting the Theme

December 30, 2014

When your story has a strong theme, it has a strong focal point that everything revolves around. Your story is nothing more than a single...

It’s Never the High-Concept

December 29, 2014

When coming up with an idea, many screenwriters focus solely on a high-concept idea such as “What would happen if a man-eating shark were terrorizing...

High-Concept and Emotional Change

December 27, 2014

Most people look for the high-concept idea in a story such as “A lone policeman faces off against an army of terrorists in a skyscraper”...

Gradual Realization

December 23, 2014

A good story should be like a puzzle. Initially the story may be confusing but intriguing. Gradually as the story unfolds, you start to unravel...

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.