Story Structure

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Identifying the Real Villain

June 24, 2012

The real villain isn’t just a single person or evil organization, but something that goes much deeper. The real villain is the hero himself. In...

The Past and Future of Screenwriting

June 18, 2012

You can learn from the past on how to write screenplays by studying what has worked before, and what has always worked has been a...

Plot Twists

June 11, 2012

No story should be predictable because then the audience loses interest. To make your plot unpredictable, you need plot twists. One of the most famous...

Pixar Story Telling Secrets

June 8, 2012

Why does Pixar consistently put out quality movies while other studios churn out movies in a hit or miss affair? The answer lies in Pixar’s...

Iconic Images

June 2, 2012

There’s a big difference between great movies and bad ones. In a great movie, you can point to one or more scenes that define what...

May 28, 2012

Everyone has heard of horror stories of Hollywood butchering a script and turning something wonderful into a pile of garbage. However, it often works the...

The Hero and the Villain

May 22, 2012

Most screenwriters focus on creating a story from the hero’s point of view. However, you should also create that same story from the villain’s point...

The Hero Affects Many

May 8, 2012

In most bad screenplays, the whole focus is on the hero and all the other characters exist solely to help the hero on his (or...

From an Actor’s Point of View

May 1, 2012

As screenwriters, we tend to look at a story from the author’s point of view. Step back a moment and look at your story from...

Seeing Movies Twice

April 28, 2012

‘If you’re an aspiring screenwriter, you must watch movies, but you need to do more than that. You must also read movies as well. If...

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.