Story Structure

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The 15-Minute Structure

November 21, 2016

Every 15 minutes, notice that a movie subtly shifts goals while maintaining the overall goal. It’s easy to spot this 15 minute mini-story structure in...

It’s Never the Plot

November 17, 2016

Many people try to come up with a great story. While a high-concept idea can attract attention, a great screenplay is more than a plot....

Two Stories in One

November 14, 2016

Your story is never about one plot but two or more. One story creates a dull, one-dimensional movie. Two or more stories create a fully...

Making a Scene Interesting

November 11, 2016

There’s a tendency for novice screenwriters to write lots of dull, filler scenes that simply move the plot forward and do nothing else. This is...

Structure in “Spotlight”

November 8, 2016

Study “Spotlight,” which won Best Picture in 2015. This film is a perfect example of a well-structured screenplay where every character changes somehow in the...

Two Halves of a Story

November 5, 2016

Study any movie and you’ll find that it easily divides itself into two halves. In the first half, roughly 60 minutes in a two hour...

The Elements of Horror

October 31, 2016

Horror films have a built-in audience, especially right before Halloween. From a production point of view, horror films are cheap to make since they generally...

Conflict and Resolution

October 27, 2016

Every scene needs conflict. Conflict doesn’t always have to mean two people shooting or punching each other in the face. Sometimes conflict can be subtle....

Ideas Sell, But Execution Delivers

October 24, 2016

To sell a screenplay, you need a great idea. Unfortunately, great ideas alone are never enough. To turn a great idea into a great movie,...

The Thread of the Symbol of Hope

October 21, 2016

One of the biggest problems of writing any story is finishing the middle. It’s easy to come up with an interesting beginning and a gripping...

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.