Story Structure

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Telling a Great Story Doesn’t Need a Big Budget

June 1, 2021

Hollywood often believes if they spend enough money on a movie, hire enough A-list actors, hire a “hot” director, and pour a lot of money...

Study Time Loop Stories to Learn How to Hide and Reveal Information

May 29, 2021

Most stories rely on a crutch by showing different scenes that take place in multiple locations. However, there’s a group of stories that don’t do...

Science Fiction Stories are Essentially Satire in Another Future World

May 26, 2021

Every story should have a point even if it’s something as simple as “Good triumphs over evil.” Whatever that point of this tory might be,...

Hide the Real Problem and Then Reveal It Later

May 20, 2021

The most common problem when writing a screenplay is running out of ideas. It’s easy to whip up 30-60 pages of a screenplay in a...

Emotions Are Why People Care About Your Story

May 17, 2021

The biggest problem many screenwriters make is that they focus solely on coming up with a creative, compelling, and intriguing story. An original idea will...

Start with a Log Line and Then Add Intense Emotion in the Background

May 14, 2021

Most people start a screenplay with a log line that summarizes the physical action in the story. The log line for “Die Hard” might be...

Creating the Single Person vs. Multiple Person Character

May 11, 2021

In every story, there’s a hero. You should always have one hero because this is the person who pursues a goal and either achieves it...

Why the Emotional Dream Triumphs Physical Action Every Time

May 8, 2021

Read log lines of movie ideas and they always focus on the physical action, which is great. However, unless the screenwriter goes further and develops...

How the Theme Defines the Plot

May 5, 2021

Theme divides a story’s plot into the pursuit of two goals. First, there’s an emotional goal that the hero needs. Second, there’s a physical goal...

Everything in a Screenplay Must Focus on Telling Just One Story

May 2, 2021

Watch any good movie and you’ll notice that every part of the story from the minor characters to the different scenes all work together to...

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.