Story Structure

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Hollywood Screws Up Again

August 5, 2017

Stephen King’s series, “The Dark Tower,” consists of eight books. Given the popularity of Stephen King’s novels and the appeal of “The Dark Tower” series...

The Evolution of the Hero Using Deception

August 2, 2017

Your hero must change. Without change, your story will feel flat and dull. Think of bad James Bond movies like “Die Another Day” or “A...

The Haunted Past

July 30, 2017

In every story, there must be a past. The reason for creating a past is for the hero and mentor to overcome mistakes from the...

The Hero’s Initial Dream

July 24, 2017

In every story, a hero has an initial dream. In “Star Wars,” Luke wants to leave his uncle’s farm. In “WALL-E,” WALL-E wants to find...

The Importance of Emotional Change

July 21, 2017

There’s a huge difference between a good idea and good implementation. You can have a good idea but implement it poorly. That’s why certain bad...

Introducing the Hero

July 18, 2017

The two earliest scenes in any screenplay must introduce the hero and the villain. In some movies, the villain gets introduced first such as in...

Three Types of Villains

July 14, 2017

Every story is about a hero and a villain. If the hero wins, the villain loses. If the villain wins, the hero loses. This winner-take-all...

A Scene Must Change a Character’s Life

July 11, 2017

Every scene exists solely to change a character’s life. Without this emotional change, the scene is pointless. Consider the scene in “Star Wars” when Luke...

Create an Interesting World with a History

July 6, 2017

Part of what makes every story interesting is the world in which it takes place, even if that world is just the ordinary world that...

Structuring a Scene as a Foreigner

July 3, 2017

Here’s the worst way to write a scene. Have two characters sit in a restaurant and do nothing but talk. This is visually boring no...

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.