Story Structure

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Study Bad Movies Based on Popular Novels

September 5, 2020

Any time there’s a popular novel, Hollywood wants to turn it into a movie. More often than not, the movie fails to match the book....

Irony Creates Conflict

September 2, 2020

To create greater conflict in any tory, use irony because irony makes events and situations more dramatic. Think of the big reveal in “The Empire...

Writing a Contained Story

August 30, 2020

With the coronavirus pandemic showing no signs of ending soon, you can bet that life likely will never return back to the way it was...

How to Write a Lousy Screenplay

August 27, 2020

The best way to write a lousy screenplay is to stop learning and ignore feedback and advice. Yet another way to write a lousy screenplay...

Studying “Room 104” on HBO

August 24, 2020

If you have HBO, try watching a TV series called “Room 104.” The premise of the show is that every story involves room 104 in...

Using “Why” to Define and Shape a Scene

August 21, 2020

What makes a boring scene is when that scene exists solely to advance the plot by providing information to the audience. Thats a guaranteed recipe...

The Lessons From Time Loop Stories

August 18, 2020

Surprisingly, most movies based on the idea of a character stuck in a time loop are amazingly good. “Groundhog Day” defined the time loop dilemma...

Make Sure the Story Twists at the Halfway Mark

August 15, 2020

One of the easiest ways to run out of ideas in a screenplay is to start with a single idea and try to make it...

Setting the Tone of a Scene

August 12, 2020

Far too often, screenwriters focus on writing scenes from an objective perspective where they simply describe the location with no sense of emotion or subjective...

Make the Audience Care

August 9, 2020

One common mistake with most novice’s screenplays is that they write scenes that are vitally important to the characters involved but deadly dull to anyone...

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.