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The Science of Storytelling

October 2, 2019

In the book “The Science of Storytelling”, author Will Storr emphasizes what makes a dramatic story. It’s not about random action or conflict, but about...

Writing Dialogue

August 24, 2019

The most common mistake in writing dialogue is making every character sound alike. The second most common mistake is making dialogue boring. So to fix...

Change and Conflict

February 10, 2019

In every scene, you need emotional change and conflict. Emotional change means that a main character is somehow different from the beginning of a scene...

Learning from Women Screenwriters

February 6, 2017

As a broad generalization, male screenwriters tend to focus on physical conflict while female screenwriters tend to focus on emotional conflict. So if you’re a male,...

Making Subtle Titles That Tease

June 17, 2016

The title of your movie isn’t as important as the structure of your screenplay, but it can be the first thing someone sees that either...

The Four Part Structure of a Story

September 29, 2012

Every story follows a similar structure just as every car follows a similar form. That doesn’t mean that you can create stories using a fixed...

Below the Tip of the Iceberg

January 15, 2012

The tip of an iceberg is the smallest part of the iceberg. What you don’t see is the massive chunk of ice that makes up...

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.