Story Structure

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The Fourth 15 Minutes

October 15, 2012

The fourth 15 minute segment of your screenplay leads to the midpoint of your story. This is where the hero achieves a False Victory, which...

Animated Movies vs. Ordinary Movies

October 11, 2012

Animated movies are often easier to dissect since they’re much shorter (90 minutes) compared to the typical film (120 minutes). Nevertheless, the basic idea of...

The Fifth 15 Minutes

October 10, 2012

After the mid-point where the hero achieves a False Victory, things start going downhill from that point on. This is how to speed up your...

The Sixth 15 Minutes

September 23, 2012

The sixth 15-minute segment of a story is where the hero is on the defensive and makes the end of Act II. The sixth segment...

Set Up and Payoff

September 19, 2012

What makes a movie good or bad isn’t the story, the plot, the actors, or the setting. What makes a good story is setting up...

‘The Seventh 15 Minutes

September 12, 2012

Act III is all about confrontation with the villain. However, you can’t just throw the hero and the villain together right away. Instead, you have...

The Eighth 15 Minutes

September 7, 2012

The final part of your movie is what people will remember the most. You have to give the audience a satisfying, yet surprising ending. Whatever...

Making Your Hero Likable

September 2, 2012

The one key to every movie is that the audience must like your hero. They may not agree with the hero or even accept his...

Before You Write

August 30, 2012

The most common mistake people make is to start writing before they know what their story is all about. That’s like hopping into a car...

The Importance of a Great Script

August 25, 2012

Everything starts with a great script. You can make a great movie from a great script, but it’s impossible to make a great movie from...

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.