The 15 Minute Movie Method

May 2022

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Study the Original Twilight Zone Episodes to Learn Story Telling

May 30, 2022
The original Twilight Zone series is an excellent source of inspiration for filmmaking for multiple reasons. First, the series ran on a limited budget so...
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Twist Your Story in the Middle

May 26, 2022
For many writers, Act II is the longest and hardest part to write. However, one trick is to break Act II into two equal halves...
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Don’t Tell a Story in Your Screenplay

May 22, 2022
One common mistake novices make in writing a screenplay is that they try to tell a story. That usually means dumping information as exposition on...
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Create a Story That Solves Three Problems at the Same Time

May 18, 2022
In every story, there are three problems the story can solve: External problems Internal problems Philosophical problems Bad stories simply focus on external problems such...
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Put the Hero in the Worst Possible Situation

May 14, 2022
Novice screenwriters are often timid and tame. They write scenes that lack emotional intensity. To be an effective dramatist, you must be a masochist to...
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Trap Your Hero in a Dilemma

May 10, 2022
Every hero must have a goal. What makes a goal fascinating to watch isn’t just the struggle to get the goal, but when the hero...
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The Unusual Case of the Unchanging Hero

May 6, 2022
Every tory is about change. In most stories, the hero goes from an unhappy, dead end life to a happier life by the end. In...
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How to Quickly Study a Story Within a Screenplay

May 2, 2022
Here’s a quick way to identify whether a story is complete: Look at the beginning and the end. Beginnings and endings are inherently related. That...
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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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