Story Structure

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Keep the Hero and Villain Close

September 11, 2014

There’s no story without a villain of some kind. Even if that villain is a force of nature, you need to find a way to...

Bad Movies = Good Lessons

September 9, 2014

Visit Crackle and you’ll see plenty of unknown movies that in most cases are absolutely horrible. However, use them for inspiration. First, watch them to see...

Death is the Best Motivator

September 5, 2014

How can you tell if your story is any good? If it doesn’t involve death of some kind, your story probably isn’t any good. It’s...

The Importance of Linking the Hero to the Villain

September 3, 2014

When Disney was making “Frozen,” they ran into a roadblock. They didn’t know what to do about the hero (Anna) and the villain (Elsa). Then...

The Backstory

September 3, 2014

If you read most books on writing a novel, they suggest you create a backstory for your characters. The main point of any backstory isn’t...

Action and Reaction

September 1, 2014

When plotting your story, always think of action and reaction. That means something interesting happens and then something else happens as a result. This constant...

‘What Makes a Classic Movie?’

August 31, 2014

Every weekend Hollywood trots out their latest movies and every weekend, a large majority of those movies aren’t very good. Rather than try to find...

Eliminate Characters Who Never Change

August 23, 2014

The surest sign of a mediocre movie is when secondary characters don’t change. In “Maleficent,” then fairies guarding Sleeping Beauty never change and Sleeping Beauty...

Action With Emotion

August 22, 2014

Watch a mediocre movie like any of “The Expendables” trilogy and you’ll see lots of explosions and gunfire with nobody getting cut. “The Expendables” is...

Show Your Hero as Vulnerable

August 21, 2014

One of the best ways to make a character feel real is to show them in a vulnerable situation. In “Guardians of the Galaxy,” Rocket...

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.