Story Structure

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Revealing Characters

October 22, 2020

In a novel, you can learn about characters by getting into their thoughts. You can’t do that in a movie, which is why some novels...

The Four Stages of Change in Character Development

October 19, 2020

Every major character needs to change. The hero’s change is the main story, but the mentor and ally also need to change to help reinforce...

Hiding the Truth to Lengthen Suspense

October 11, 2020

Here’s what too many novices do. They come up with a good idea and then they start writing. After about 30 – 60 pages, they’ve...

Crafting the Perfect Logline

October 8, 2020

A logline briefly summarizes your story in one or two sentences. If you can’t create an interesting, compelling logline, chances are good you won’t be...

Create Inherent Conflict in the Story

September 30, 2020

Ask many novice screenwriters what their story is about and you’ll often get a vague description that their story is about a woman searching for...

Creating Irony in Act II

September 27, 2020

In every screenplay, the first 30 minutes contain exposition that explains what the story its about and what the hero wants to achieve. Then in...

Based on a True Story: the Origin of a Plot

September 24, 2020

Everyone has ideas for a screenplay. The hard part is coming up with interesting ideas that will grab people’s attention. One simple technique for doing...

Borrowing Plots From Foreign Films

September 22, 2020

Coming up with a new story is difficult. That’s why Hollywood often looks to foreign movies and borrow existing plots and characters to create a...

Borrow Plots and Focus on Your Story

September 14, 2020

Here’s the hard way to write a story. Come up with an interesting plot and then come up with interesting characters and situations. Here’s the...

Creating a Contained Story

September 11, 2020

With movie theaters largely empty and the coronavirus pandemic keeping everyone separate and isolated, the movie industry has changed drastically in ways that it may...

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.