The 15 Minute Movie Method

April 2020

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Start Your Story After It Already Begins

April 28, 2020
Mystery and conflict form the heart of every scene in a story, but it’s especially important in the beginning to grab our attention and foreshadow...
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Make Sure Every Major Character Changes

April 25, 2020
The worst movies are where nobody changes. Just watch a lousy James Bond movie like a “A View to a Kill” and you’ll see that...
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Introduce the Hero or Villain First?

April 22, 2020
The next time you watch a movie, look to see how that movie introduces the hero and villain. Most movies introduce the hero first and...
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Don’t Forget the Secondary Characters

April 19, 2020
There’s a New Zealand animated film called “Mosely,” which is about beasts of burden that are strong like horses but intelligent and able to talk...
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Make the Conflict Physical and Emotional

April 16, 2020
Watch a bad James Bond movie and it’s all mindless action. There’s only so much car crashes, gunfire, and explosions you can watch before it...
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Play With Story Formulas

April 13, 2020
A typical story formula looks like this. A hero pursues a goal and learns from a mentor, gets help from an ally, and with their...
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Write Your Screenplay Last

April 10, 2020
If you wanted to build a house, would you rush out and buy some wood and bricks, and start slapping the whole thing together? Probably...
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Make Your Hero Face Karma

April 7, 2020
Karma is a concept where if you do something bad to others, that same thing will happen to you as punishment. While this can be...
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Studying “The Hunt”

April 3, 2020
“The Hunt” is a horror satire where liberal elitists hunt and kill conservatives for sport. It was originally scheduled for autumn of last year but...
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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.

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