Story Structure

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The More People the Hero Helps, the More the Hero Changes

August 26, 2024

Every tory is about change where the hero starts as one type of person and by the end of the story, changes into a different,...

The Humble vs. Arrogant Hero

August 22, 2024

In every good story, your hero changes. In most cases, your hero starts off as a timid, uncertain person who gradually gains confidence in themselves...

How to Turn a Rough Idea Into a Full-Fledged Story

August 18, 2024

When you have an idea for a story, you never know the complete story. Instead, you often have a single scene or individual action that...

Define Your Entire Story in the Opening Scene

August 14, 2024

The opening scene is the most crucial scene because it’s the first impression an audience has with your story. Although the audience may not be...

Learning From Lousy Movies

August 10, 2024

Screenwriting classes almost always focus on great movies for students to study. While this can show students what makes a movie great, sometimes it’s easier...

Create Funnier Comedy By Focusing on the Characters

August 6, 2024

Comedy can be one of the hardest genres to write because you must consistently keep an audience laughing. That’s why most comedies are only 90...

Tighten Tension with Unity in Time and Place

August 2, 2024

Imagine being buried alive in a coffin underground. That’s the premise of a movie called “Buried” where Ryan Reynolds plays an American truck driver who...

Every Scene Should Reflect the Story Genre

July 28, 2024

Watch a great movie and you’ll see that every scene reflects the story genre. Then watch a bad movie and you’ll find that many scenes...

Every Scene Should Force a Decision or Show Motivation

July 24, 2024

Every scene should tell a mini-story that moves the story forward. Two ways a scene can move a story forward is to force characters into...

The Toughest Villain is Your Friend

July 16, 2024

In a villain-driven story, such as a James Bond movie, the villain pursues a dangerous goal and the hero has to stop them. Think of...

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.