Story Structure

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More Ideas for Movie Titles

January 27, 2014

Coming up with a great movie title can be challenging, so here are some ideas for how to create an intriguing and compelling title. Try...

Crafting Scenes

January 23, 2014

A scene defines action that happens in a single location. The beginning of a scene starts with a scene heading such as: INT. B-2 COCKPIT—...

Another Way to Look at Your Villain

January 20, 2014

For anyone who attended Catholic school run by angry nuns, they know what it’s like to have harsh teachers forcing lessons down your throat using...

Silent Movies

January 17, 2014

There’s a tendency for novice screenwriters to reveal too much in dialogue. The problem is that hearing someone describe something is far less interesting than...

Creating a Story World

January 9, 2014

Most people start out small by thinking of an interesting story, but try to think bigger and create a story world instead. A story is...

The 15 Minute Movie Method

January 4, 2014

What makes a great screenplay? It’s not just interesting characters, memorable dialogue, or explosive action scenes. What makes a great screenplay is a great story,...

The Purpose of a Scene

January 1, 2014

Think of every scene like a domino. One scene ends and directly affects the next scene, which concludes and leads into the next scene, and...

The Universal Truth

December 28, 2013

Some screenwriting books advise you to create your story and then worry about theme after your story has been written. That might work, except you...

What the Story is About

December 26, 2013

If you ever saw the trailer for a movie called “Bridge to Terabithia,” the trailer made it seem like the story was about two kids...

10 Worst Movies of 2013

December 20, 2013

Yahoo! has a list of their ten worst movies of 2013 and four of them are sequels. The biggest problem with sequels is that they...

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.