April 2009

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Making Characters Interesting

April 25, 2009

If nobody cares about your hero, your story is sunk right from the start. Here are some techniques to consider to make your hero one...

The Nature of Conflict

April 21, 2009

A story is only as interesting as its conflict where your hero battles to reach a goal. However, there are more than one way to...

Character vs. Self

April 15, 2009

The most interesting stories involve a character struggling with some internal flaw or mistake that’s haunting the hero. The least interesting stories are when the...

Borrowing Story Ideas

April 8, 2009

One of the biggest mistakes people make is trying to create an original story. With people creating stories for centuries, chances are good that there...

Role Playing Games as a Story Aid

April 2, 2009

One of the first role-playing games was Dungeons & Dragons. If you ever played this game, one person, called the Dungeon Master, set up the...

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.

The 15 Minute Movie Method