Story Structure

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“Enter the Dragon” Movie Analysis

February 2, 2011

“Enter the Dragon” is a Bruce Lee classic whether you like marital arts movies or not. What makes this movie so endearing is its story...

The Disaster of “Jonah Hex”

January 27, 2011

“Jonah Hex” was supposed to be a blockbuster based on a comic book hero with Megan Fox co-starring in a skimpy outfit. What went wrong?...

Creating an Interesting Story

January 11, 2011

When you see a great movie, you know it. Likewise, when you see a horrible movie, you also know it. What’s the difference between the...

Begin at the Beginning

January 6, 2011

The beginning of your movie is your first impression to the audience. You never get a second chance to make a first impression, so make...

What Are You Trying to Do?

January 2, 2011

This is the way many people write a screenplay. They buy a screenplay formatting program like Final Draft then start writing. This is like buying...

Learning From the Hardy Boys

December 27, 2010

The simplest way to understand story structure is to study children’s stories, since this makes it easy to see how a story works. To see...

Goal Directed Segments

December 21, 2010

What gets a movie going and keeps it going are goals. Your hero needs a big goal that drives your story forward, but he (or...

Why Bad Movies Flop

December 15, 2010

It’s easy to see why bad movies flop. It’s usually because the story is dull, confusing, or so unrealistic that nobody can take it seriously,...

Caring

December 9, 2010

What’s the difference between a great movie and a good one? With a good movie, you remain detached and unemotionally involved. With a great movie,...

The 7 Minute Division

December 3, 2010

Trying to write an entire two hour, 120-page screenplay is a daunting task, so the secret is to break it into more manageable parts. A...

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.