Story Structure

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Making Every Scene Memorable

March 25, 2017

Every scene in a screenplay must serve multiple purposes. First, the scene must advance the plot, but far more importantly, every scene must show change....

Focusing on Internal Conflict

March 22, 2017

External conflict is easy to see. That’s what you see in trailers where the hero is facing the villain and lots of explosions, gunfire, and...

Internal and External Conflict

March 19, 2017

All stories are about conflict. A story without any type of conflict is nothing more than a bunch of people sitting around talking. The two...

Internal Conflict = Deception

March 13, 2017

The weakest stories are nothing but external conflict where the hero battles one obstacle after another like a bad karate movie where an endless stream...

Find the Lie of Your Hero

March 10, 2017

Every story is about the hero’s change. To define that change, your hero needs to start with a lie that he or she believes in....

Pixar in a Box Series

March 7, 2017

If you want to learn how Pixar creates stories, you can watch their free video series at Khan Academy. One crucial element that Pixar focuses...

The Elements of Horror

March 4, 2017

If you haven’t seen “Get Out,” stop to avoid spoilers. For everyone who has seen “Get Out,” it’s a rare horror film that has received...

Defining a Story in Three Sentences

March 1, 2017

Practically everyone in Los Angeles is writing a screenplay, yet when you ask these people what their story is about, you don’t often get a...

Flat vs. Rich Storylines

February 26, 2017

Watch “Passengers” and “The Lego Batman Movie” and you’ll notice a stark difference in the storylines. In “Passengers,” there’s only a single story and that...

Revealing the Hero’s Deception

February 23, 2017

Right before Act III, the hero’s life completely falls apart. That’s usually the point where the hero is isolated and alone while the villain is...

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.