Story Structure

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A Lesson From LEGO

February 23, 2014

In 2005, LEGO almost went bankrupt. What saved the company was a line of toys known as Bionicles. One of the Bionicle creators said that...

Keep Surprising the Audience

February 21, 2014

When a movie runs out of surprises, it runs outs of interest. To keep audiences interested in your story, you need to keep them surprised....

Silent Movie Techniques From Music Videos

February 18, 2014

Watch many music videos and they typically tell a story of some kind. Some music videos can be vague but many others tell a simple...

Using the Theme as a Story Guide

February 17, 2014

“The Lego Movie” is a huge hit that has a theme about how anyone can be special. When a movie has a strong theme and...

Truth vs. Fiction

February 16, 2014

There’s a tendency to tell the truth rather than tell a story, and that makes the story suffer as a result. Hollywood makes this mistake...

Art as Frozen Emotion

February 15, 2014

Some of the greatest works of art were inspired by intense emotion. When Ray Bradbury wrote his famous novel “Fahrenheit 451,” he did so in...

Make Your Opening Unique

February 13, 2014

With your first page, your screenplay has to grab your audience. As quickly as possible, you have to establish who the hero is and what...

Designing Your Scenes

February 12, 2014

In most scenes, two or more characters are both pursuing goals of their own that involve the other character. This pursuit of multiple goals by...

Avoid Direct Dialogue

February 11, 2014

In real life, dialogue often occurs when people have nothing to say and no goal in mind. When you ask a stranger, “How are you...

Values, Ambitions, and Goals

February 1, 2014

There’s a great book on story telling called “Writing Fiction for Dummies” Although the book focuses mostly on novel writing, the principles can be applied...

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.