Story Structure

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Rising Action

December 27, 2012

Everything is conflict. Nothing should ever come easy. One of the best ways to create conflict is to put tow characters in direct opposition to...

The Climax

December 20, 2012

At the end of every scene, every Act, and every movie, you need a climactic ending. This is how you can create one. Every climax...

Character Dialogue

December 14, 2012

To make your characters memorable, make every line worth quoting in the future. Here’s a list of the top ten movie quotes of all time....

Why Movies Suck

December 10, 2012

Hollywood pumps out a lot of bad movies. After watching a really bad movie, you may feel like you’ve lost had two hours of your...

Less is More

November 20, 2012

A stage play is meant to tell a story through dialogue. A screenplay is meant to tell a story through pictures. Here’s how to rely...

The First 15 Minutes

November 14, 2012

The first 10-15 minutes are the most crucial because if you don’t grab your audience right away, you may never get a second chance again....

Inside and Out

November 8, 2012

The journey of the hero is always from the inside out, not the outside in. Where most movies make the mistake is by forgetting that...

The Second 15 Minutes

November 2, 2012

Pages 15-30 form the second half of Act I. Here’s what you typically need to put in that section of your screenplay. Remember, there are...

The Third 15 Minutes

October 21, 2012

The first part of Act II is where the hero first enters a new world and initially succeeds. Act II typically takes 60 minutes of...

Why Narration and Flashbacks Don’t Always Work

October 15, 2012

Flashbacks and narration are two techniques for telling a story. Unfortunately, most of the time they don’t work so you should avoid them in most...

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.