Story Structure

Showing 1201 - 1210 of 1516 results

The Three Big Questions

September 14, 2013

As soon as possible in Act I, but definitely before Act I ends, you must pose three Big Questions: What is the villain trying to...

Keep the Mystery Going

September 13, 2013

The beginning of your story should create a Big Question in the minds of your audience as they try to figure out what’s happening. Then...

The Big Question

September 10, 2013

Every good movie should start off with a big question that grabs our attention from the start and carries through until the end. If you...

What Every Scene Needs

September 5, 2013

The latest bad movie in theaters right now is the Chinese film “Grandmaster,” which tells the story of Ip Man, the legendary martial artist who...

How to Make a Dull Movie

September 3, 2013

Bruce Lee’s martial arts teacher was a man known as Ip Man. One of the latest movies to tell Ip Man’s story is “Grandmaster,” a...

Using Story Templates

September 2, 2013

When you first start creating your story, you may try to create an original story, but there are no original stories. Instead, look at existing...

Slowly Reveal a Mystery

August 31, 2013

One of the best ways to build suspense and anticipation is to create a mystery, and one of the best ways to create a mystery...

The Source of All Problems

August 30, 2013

At the simplest, most melodramatic level, a hero faces problems that come solely from an outside source such as a villain intent on destroying the...

Old vs. New Movies

August 29, 2013

Watch an old movie like “Citizen Kane” or “It’s a Wonderful Life” and the story structure still feels modern and fresh. Then watch some more...

‘The Gadgets of James Bond

August 26, 2013

Watch most James Bond movies and Q, the gadget making genius of the British Secret Service, always comes up with some odd device that ultimately...

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.