Story Structure

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Nobody Knows Anything

April 15, 2014

“The Economist” recently wrote about the flops that Hollywood produced and how nobody still knows what will make a hit. The big problem with Hollywood...

Introduce Two or More Subplots Simultaneously

April 14, 2014

One huge problem with novice screenplays is that they start an interesting scene and then end it. Then they start a different scene and then...

No Risk, No Interest

April 12, 2014

I just read a friend’s screenplay where the hero basically drifts through the story with no change. He stays the same from the beginning to...

Elements of a Great Scene – Part II

April 12, 2014

Technically a scene takes place in a single location, but for our purposes, a scene is a mini-story that can be made up of multiple...

High Concept and a Hidden Theme

April 11, 2014

The first step to getting your screenplay recognized is having a great concept. There’s an upcoming movie called “Sex Tape” starring Cameron Diaz. Having read...

Studying Bad Examples

April 9, 2014

Ray Bradbury was one of the best short story writers around with a handful of great novels as well. However great he was as a...

Why You Get Stuck

April 8, 2014

You may have a great idea so you start writing your screenplay, wind up getting around 40 pages done, and suddenly realize you have no...

Making Characters Come Alive

April 7, 2014

There’s more to a character than just a name and a description. You never want to write a screenplay for a specific actor because the...

Make It Relevant

April 6, 2014

There’s a danger of writing about a topical subject because by the time you write about it and the time the movie gets made, that...

Keep Threatening the Hero

April 5, 2014

To make your hero succeed, he or she must battle against a villain. Your villain needs to make an appearance in each Act of your...

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.