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“The 15-Minute Movie Method” focuses on story structure to help you plan your story before you start writing.

“Writing Scenes for Screenplays” focuses more on the details for writing scenes in a screenplay after you’ve already defined your overall story.

“Story Starter” focuses more on helping you turn an idea into a story and get started writing. Once you know what your story is, it’s much easier to turn it into a screenplay.

Blog Posts

Creating the Emotional Impact of Setups and Payoffs

Every story must create an emotional experience. Every story must have a major emotional experience. Think of Luke in “Star Wars” finally trusting the Force...

May 19, 2025 No Comments

Developing the Habits of a Screenwriter

The only way you can improve as a screenwriter is to write. No amount of books, classes, or webinars will help you improve as a...

May 15, 2025 No Comments

What’s the Big, Compelling Idea of Your Story?

Before you start writing a screenplay, ask yourself one question. What is the big, compelling idea of your story? If you can’t think of the...

May 11, 2025 No Comments

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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