September 2011

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Character Goals

September 30, 2011

Your villain defines how your hero will achieve his or her goal. Once you define your hero’s goal, you’ll need to define your villain’s goal....

The Mystery

September 25, 2011

Every movie is a mystery. You tease the audience with tidbits of information and once you’ve got them hooked, then they’ll want to see how...

“Avatar” Analysis

September 12, 2011

Avatar is the latest blockbuster movie that’s visually stunning and breaking box office records. But at its heart, it’s still an easy to analyze story....

Don’t Imitate Blockbusters

September 8, 2011

Blockbuster movies like “Avatar” make millions of dollars in profit, but here’s why you should avoid trying to write a similar story like that. When...

Backstory

September 2, 2011

Every interesting story has a backstory, which is what happened to the characters before the story gets started. To make your story richer and deeper,...

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