Story Structure

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Stay on Track with Clear Goals For All the Main Characters

September 6, 2022

Before painters put a drop of paint on the canvas, they sketch out their ideas first. Yet far too many screenwriters start by simply writing...

The Purpose of Every Scene (That Most Novices Completely Overlook)

September 2, 2022

There’s a huge difference between beginner screenplays and professional screenplays. Although they both may be formatted correctly, the beginner often tries dumping information to explain...

Every Character Pursues a Goal With Optimism

August 29, 2022

Most novice screenwriters get so focused in telling a story they forget they also have to grab and hold our interest as well. The end...

Attack with Exposition

August 25, 2022

One common novice screenwriting mistake is to dump exposition in the dialogue of characters so they wind up telling each other everything that they already...

Master Storytelling Techniques From Musicals

August 15, 2022

Screenwriting is storytelling. Not only should you study screenwriting if you want to increase your storytelling skills, but you should also study other forms of...

Telling a Story Through the Environment in a Scene

August 11, 2022

Far too often, novices write scenes where two people just talk to each other. Even worse, this scene is usually set in a dull setting...

The Weakness of the Latest Marvel Movies

August 7, 2022

For a while, Marvel movies got universal acclaim. By studying the highest rated Marvel movies, you can learn the importance of story. By studying the...

How to Write a Scene by Defining the Start and the Finish

August 3, 2022

Watch the deleted scenes of any movie and you’ll notice why they were deleted. In many cases, these scenes do nothing to support the story....

Where’s the Character Development in “Nope”?

July 30, 2022

“Nope” is the much anticipated film from Jordan Peele. After the superb “Get Out” and the decent “Us” horror films, “Nope” got decent reviews about...

Keep a Screenplay Interesting with Cliffhangers Using Reversals and Revelations

July 25, 2022

At the end of every scene, you need to leave on a cliffhanger to entice the audience to keep following the story. A cliffhanger gets...

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.