Story Structure

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Start with a Problem

October 16, 2008

Watch a bad movie and chances are good you’ll be bored. The reason you’re bored is because the movie doesn’t promise anything interesting and what’s...

Beauty and the Beast vs. Mulan

October 8, 2008

In the 90’s, Walt Disney churned out hit after animated hit with movies like “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King.” For some reason,...

Create a World

October 1, 2008

Rather than tell a story, try to create a world. A world provides a playground for telling a story while a story simply provides one...

Nothing Remains Hidden

September 27, 2008

The worse possible scenario always occurs. This makes your story more interesting and more dramatic at the same time. In “Mulan,” a young woman disguises...

Nothing is Normal

September 20, 2008

Reality TV is an oxymoron because if you were really watching reality, you would see a bunch of people doing something ordinary and ultimately boring....

Make Your Hero’s Motivation Clear

September 14, 2008

Your hero needs to be sympathetic (so your audience will care) and your hero needs a clear goal (so your audience knows what your hero...

Special Effects

September 8, 2008

How has the movie industry changed over the years? It’s more spectacle-driven and pre-awareness driven. In her book “Sleepless in Hollywood” author Lynda Obst makes...

The Flaws of “Captain America”

August 29, 2008

“Captain America” isn’t a bad movie, but it’s not a great one either. The biggest problem is the simplest: “Captain America” lacks character development. When...

It’s Not Over Until It’s Over

August 23, 2008

After teasing your audience for the past hour or so, how do you end your movie? You don’t want to end it too soon or...

“The Help” — What Worked

August 15, 2008

“The Help” is one of those rare movies that is destined to be a milestone in movie history much the same as “Star Wars” and...

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.