Story Structure

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Comedy Attacks a Focused Target

July 22, 2014

During the 80’s, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Pat Proft wrote a series of movies spoofs including “Airplane!” “The Naked Gun,” and “Hot...

Two Goals for the Hero

July 15, 2014

Your hero has two goals: a physical goal and an emotional goal. What’s important is that your hero achieves the emotional goal, but pursuit of...

Studying “Maleficent”

July 12, 2014

Maleficent is my latest favorite mediocre movie. Take Angelia Jolie out of the starring role and there would be little reason for people to watch...

Wreck-It Ralph Screenplay

July 11, 2014

One of the best animated feature of the last few years is “Wreck-It Ralph.” By studying this screenplay after watching the movie, you can better...

The Four Elements of a Great Scene

July 10, 2014

Before you start writing, make sure your story structure is solid first. Your story structure acts like a map that details what happens, when, and...

Multiple Story Lines

July 10, 2014

Watch an older movie and if it seems slow, look to see if there are multiple story lines. Many older movies focus solely on the...

Studying Pixar Shorts

July 10, 2014

Pixar has put out some of the best animated movies in history with classics such as “Toy Story,” “The Incredibles,” and “Finding Nemo.” To understand...

Gradual Improvement

July 7, 2014

If you read many novice screenplays, one of the biggest flaws is that the hero doesn’t improve in any way. The key to any story...

Make It Meaningful

July 2, 2014

Novels have a huge advantage over movies because a novel can show us something and let us know the feelings of the characters in that...

The Failure of Parallelism

June 28, 2014

When a movie only focuses on the emotional change of a single character (the hero), you’ll likely get a mediocre or bad movie. That’s the...

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.