March 2012

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Everything Must be Interesting

March 30, 2012

What makes a movie suck? Look back at the movies you disliked and at some point the movie lost your interest. Here are some of...

Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen

March 26, 2012

‘There’s an old saying that too many ccooks in the kitchen spoil the broth. Essentially this means if too many people try to create soemthing,...

Nowhere to Go But Up

March 21, 2012

Every story begins with the hero in less than ideal circumstances. Think of fairy tales where Hansel and Gretel are in a home where the...

What Happens Next?

March 17, 2012

To keep your audience on the edge of their seats, give them a cliff-hanger — literally. Early movies were called cliff hangers because each segment...

Learn From the Worst

March 15, 2012

Everyone says that you should watch good movies to see how it’s done. I say you should also watch crappy movies to see what to...

Stories Are All About Solving Problems

March 9, 2012

What makes a bad movie? How about the lack of problems for the hero to solve? When most people think about their favorite movies, they...

The Hero Must Be a Leader

March 3, 2012

Everybody follows a leader. Nobody follows a couch potato. If you want an audience to follow your story, make your hero into a leader, not...

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