August 2009

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Write From Your Life

August 28, 2009

To put excitement and passion into your screenplay, write about yourself. You don’t need to make your screenplay autobiographical. Just make it a fantasy with...

The Emotional Point of View

August 23, 2009

In a bad movie, the hero seems like a cardboard puppet that the audience doesn’t really care about. Here’s how you can avoid this problem...

It’s Not the Idea; It’s the Execution

August 13, 2009

Novice screenwriters are always terrified that someone might steal their idea. Let them. Ideas are cheap and easy, and it doesn’t matter how good your...

Trick Endings

August 7, 2009

In the literary world, O. Henry specialized in writing short stories that had a trick ending. While effective, these trick endings soon became predictable and...

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