Story Structure

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Check Your Scenes for Consistency

February 24, 2020

Every story falls within a specific genre such as action/thriller, mystery, horror, comedy, or romance. Then many stories offer a subgenre as well. For example,...

Three Types of Endings

February 21, 2020

The end is the most important part of a story since that’s the last part of the story that most people will remember. If you...

The Problem and Anticipation

February 18, 2020

What makes a scene interesting isn’t a lot of mindless action, but introducing a problem and anticipating the result. A problem creates conflict, and that...

What’s the Worst That Could Happen?

February 15, 2020

It’s not easy to plot a story, but one simple guideline is to always ask yourself, “What’s the worst that could happen to the hero?”...

Shock and Surprise Us

February 12, 2020

Look in your ordinary world and chances are good nothing exciting is happening. That’s why you can’t write scenes where something ordinary is happening. Remember,...

Why Hollywood Makes Bad Movies

February 9, 2020

Nobody purposely sets out to make a lousy movie. Unfortunately, Hollywood prizes concepts over execution. In other words, Hollywood prefers a good idea over great...

Defining Characters Around the Hero’s Dilemma

February 6, 2020

Great movies are focused. Anyone watching “The Shawshank Redemption” will find it easy to recognize its theme of hope and perseverance. That’s because every scene...

The Good and Bad of “The Rise of Skywalker”

February 3, 2020

The latest “Star Wars” movie (“The Rise of Skywalker”) has gotten mixed reviews. It’s not a great film but it’s not a bad one. If...

Where is Everyone and Where are They Going?

January 31, 2020

The next time you get lost in a shopping mall, take a moment and realize that if you don’t know where you are, you also...

Make Your Setting Unique

January 28, 2020

What makes an interesting story are interesting people, but don’t focus just on the people in your story whether they’re real people or talking toys...

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.