Story Structure

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The Goal to the Goal

December 16, 2017

In every story, a hero wants something. That’s the hero’s dream and that’s the initial goal the hero has at the beginning. However, there’s always...

Kill the Villain

December 10, 2017

If you want to write a mediocre movie, let the villain live. Even worse, let the hero go through the bulk of your story without...

The Setting is a Villain

December 7, 2017

When most people think about plotting a story, they usually think of how a villain can keep throwing obstacles in the hero’s path. Since the...

Forcing the Hero to Change Through Setting

December 4, 2017

Once you know how your hero changes from a dead end life in the beginning to a better life (and a better person) in the...

The Emotional Structure of Stories (Part II)

December 1, 2017

The simple formula to create an emotionally charged story is this: Start with a flawed hero in the beginning End with the hero overcoming his...

The Emotional Structure of Stories (Part I)

November 28, 2017

The best stories tell both an interesting story while also showing how a hero changes emotionally into a better person (or in tragedies, into a...

Creating Multi-Purpose Scenes

November 25, 2017

Watch a bad movie like “Justice League” and you’ll see a perfect example of a pointless scene. Early in the movie, “Justice League” shows Wonder...

Endless Exposition

November 21, 2017

DC Comics movies seem to have the same problem. Watch “Suicide Squad” or “Justice League” and you’ll notice that the movie starts off slowly and...

Make Every Scene Interesting

November 18, 2017

Every scene needs to be interesting in some way to keep the story moving forward. The simplest way to make a scene interesting is to...

Stories Are Nothing Without Humanity

November 15, 2017

The best stories are those that move us emotionally, and the only way that can happen is if the hero changes emotionally. If the hero...

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.