Story Structure

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To Create Greater Emotional Engagement, Be Wary of Montages

September 2, 2023

Watch a stage play and you’ll notice that stage plays cannot rely on special effects, outrageous stunts, or visual effects to tell a story. Instead,...

The Four Levels of Storytelling

August 28, 2023

Here’s the biggest mistake writers make when telling a story. They think a story should focus on a hero overcoming a problem in pursuit of...

Your Story is Never Really Your True Story

August 24, 2023

This is a huge mistake most writers make. When they try to think up a story, they focus on the external plot and action such...

What Are Your Characters NOT Saying?

August 20, 2023

Many writers have trouble writing dialogue. One reason is that they rely on dialogue to dump information on the audience. This results in stilted, unnatural...

The Heart of Every Good Story is Making the Hero a Better Person

August 16, 2023

The biggest mistake novice writers make is they try to tell a story. That usually means they dump globs of information on the audience, characters...

Focus is the Key to Telling a Great Story: The Lesson DC Movies Keep Forgetting

August 8, 2023

There’s talk that people are getting tired of seeing superhero movies. That’s partially true but the real problem is that so many superhero movies aren’t...

Creating Better Stories by Learning the Real Lesson From “Barbie”

August 4, 2023

The “Barbie” movie has not only made millions of dollars, but it’s been critical acclaimed as well. What’s the secret? The secret isn’t that people...

Make Your Story Stronger Using Cause and Effect

July 28, 2023

Think of dominoes lined up on a table where you tap one domino and it pushes over the next domino until they all fall down....

Write Better Dialogue By Imagining Your Story as a Stage Play

July 24, 2023

Most screenwriters have trouble writing dialogue that sounds natural. Either they write dialogue that vomits up information for the audience to know more about the...

How Does a Scene Change a Character’s Emotions?

July 21, 2023

The most common mistake novices make in writing a screenplay is creating a scene that consists of characters telling the story by reciting details that...

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.