Story Structure

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Learn How to Tell a Story by Writing (and Studying) Short Scripts

March 14, 2024

If you can’t write a compelling scene, you won’t be able to write a compelling screenplay. Far too many novices write screenplays filled with large...

To Succeed, the Hero Must Achieve an Emotional Goal First

February 27, 2024

Every hero needs to pursue a physical goal and an emotional goal. The physical goal may be clear but the emotional goal is often harder...

Make the Hero Choose Between Temptation Over Dreams

February 23, 2024

Every hero wants a goal. The question is what price is the hero willing to pay? That price leads the hero to make a difficult...

Make More Interesting Stories by Shattering Expectations

February 19, 2024

In a story, nothing goes right and nothing is simple. In the real world, people go to the supermarket to buy food and then go...

What is “Superhero Fatigue” and Why It’s Nothing More Than Poor Storytelling

February 15, 2024

The failure of the latest superior movies (“The Marvels”, “The Flash,” “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”) has Hollywood babbling about “superhero fatigue” where people are...

Make a Story Stronger by Appealing to Common Fears

February 7, 2024

There’s a reason why horror and action-thrillers work so well in global markets. That’s because everyone can understand the fear of the supernatural or a...

How to Complete Your Story by Defining What it’s Really About

February 3, 2024

Here’s how most writers get stuck. They come up with a good idea for a story and then they start writing it. About halfway through,...

What Makes Rod Serling’s Scripts So Good?

January 30, 2024

Rod Serling wrote more than half of all the scripts for the original “Twilight Zone” show that aired from 1959-1964. While Hollywood has made numerous...

Creating a Story with Three Levels of Storytelling

January 26, 2024

Watch “Wish” and you’ll see the first level of storytelling that focuses solely on a hero trying to achieve a goal. While this is necessary...

Evoking Emotions is the Key to Writing Better Stories

January 22, 2024

People don’t want stories to entertain them but to take them on an emotional roller coaster. That means your story must constantly evoke specific types...

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.