Story Structure

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Setup and Payoff

March 19, 2011

Every important event in your story has to be set up and foreshadowed. Otherwise your story can feel artificial and contrived. Take any bad movie...

Turning Novels Into Movies

March 15, 2011

Adapting a book to a screenplay almost always involves change. To see how various screenwriters tackled this problem, look at the classic science fiction story...

“The Karate Kid” remake

March 11, 2011

Hollywood loves remaking movies to update them for a new audience. Often times that means destroying what made the original so great in the first...

Why Movies From Video Games Suck

March 7, 2011

The formula seems perfect. Take a popular video game, turn it into a movie, and legions of video games will flock to see their favorite...

Consistency

March 2, 2011

When you start telling a story, you have to remain consistent. Being consistent promises to give the audience what they want. Being inconsistent means promising...

Why Movies Suck

February 27, 2011

One way to learn is through experience. A faster way to learn is through somebody else’s experience. In this case, you can learn by seeing...

Plot and Subplot

February 21, 2011

Every story has a plot and a subplot. The plot is the main goal. The subplot is a related story that helps the hero change...

“Inglorious Basterds”

February 17, 2011

Whether you like his work or not, Quentin Tarantino’s movies always have plenty of suspense with a violent pay off. “Inglorious Basterds” is another example...

“The Last Airbender” Sucks and Here’s Why

February 13, 2011

There are two ways to learn. One, you can learn from experience, which takes time. Two, you can learn from other’s experience, which isn’t as...

Impending Doom

February 8, 2011

Every movie starts off with a veiled promise of impending doom. You may not know exactly what’s going to happen, but you do know something...

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.