Story Structure

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Non-Linear Storytelling

March 5, 2016

Most stories start at the beginning and stop when they reach the end. However, a few stories use non-linear storytelling. That’s where the events you...

The Hero Must Be Likable

March 2, 2016

One of the best ways to make your hero likable is to make him or her an underdog. That means every villain has far more...

Facing the Biggest Fear

February 28, 2016

What makes a story more interesting is that the hero must gradually face the worst fears possible. Initially the hero is trying to solve a...

Creating Emotional Interest

February 25, 2016

One of the biggest problems with movies based on true stories is that they tend to parade a bunch of facts without allowing us to...

Internal vs. External Villains

February 22, 2016

Look at the differences between movies geared for women towards those geared for men. That can help you see how different movies handle villains. In...

Make the Hero’s Problem Clear and Relatable

February 19, 2016

All the action in the world means nothing if you don’t care about the hero. Therefore the first and most crucial part of any screenplay is...

Building a World

February 16, 2016

One way to write any story is to think of your story world. George Lucas didn’t just write a screenplay about a Death Star. Instead...

Show, Don’t Tell

February 13, 2016

One of the more common writing rules is “Show, don’t tell.” That means let the audience experience the emotions of a scene rather than just...

Creative Exposition

February 10, 2016

In the old days, stage plays used to provide exposition by having a maid and a butler set a table and chat about the main...

Every Scene Adds New Information

February 7, 2016

Every scene must be interesting but it must also do more by providing us with new information. When you combine interest with new information, each...

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.