April 2010

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Less is More

April 27, 2010

The quickest way to dilute a story is to fill it with too many characters and subplots that don’t support each other. This is why...

The Failed Goal

April 21, 2010

The beginning and ending of a movie is very similar. In both cases, the villain is trying to accomplish something at the start and by...

Discovery and Decisions

April 15, 2010

Watch a bunch of strangers in a public place like a restaurant or a coffee shop. Why are some people boring and others fascinating to...

Start with Shorts

April 9, 2010

A big screenplay is nothing more than a single story told through multiple stories. You could start by writing full-length screenplays, but that’s like learning...

The Correct Way to Use Character Biographies

April 2, 2010

In many screenwriting books, they tell you to write a brief character biography of your hero, villain, and supporting characters. The idea is that this...

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