Story Structure

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The Essence of Making a TV Show

July 12, 2024

Many people are interested in writing a screenplay for a movie but many more seem interested in creating their own TV show. Neither goal is...

Write Stronger Scenes Through Showing, Not Talking

July 8, 2024

In every scene, characters fight each other. This fight isn’t always about anger but more about changing the mind of another character. Typically, characters use...

The Villain Defines Your Story

July 4, 2024

If you enjoy amusement parks, you might know that Disney recently shut down their Splash Mountain ride to shift its focus from Briar Rabbit and...

How to Use Narration to Delivery Crucial Information

June 30, 2024

Narration occurs when a character or unseen person tells the audience important information to help them understand the story. Narration typically appears in the beginning...

The Number One Reason Why Most People Write Scenes That Don’t Work

June 26, 2024

This is the way far too many people write a screenplay. They come up with a rough idea and before they know what the complete...

Create Greater Drama in Scenes Through Contrast and Reversals

June 22, 2024

Most people write boring scenes where characters get along and nothing changes from the beginning of the scene to the end. So the solution is...

Conflict Exists Solely to Force the Hero to Choose

June 18, 2024

Watch a bad movie and you’ll see lots of conflict involving physical fighting, car crashes, explosions, and gunfire. Yet, you may sill feel bored because...

Show Us the Worst That Could Happen to the Hero

June 14, 2024

In every story, two things must be crystal clear: We must know what the hero wants right from the beginning, even if that desire may...

Introduce the Villain’s Power Right Away

June 10, 2024

Every story needs a villain. Sometimes there’s just a series of villains the hero must overcome but sometimes there’s a single villain who drives the...

Tell a Great Story by Creating Greater Contrast

June 6, 2024

Far too many writers play it safe by telling mild stories where nothing bad really happens to the hero but nothing outrageous does either. This...

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.