May 2012

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May 28, 2012

Everyone has heard of horror stories of Hollywood butchering a script and turning something wonderful into a pile of garbage. However, it often works the...

The Hero and the Villain

May 22, 2012

Most screenwriters focus on creating a story from the hero’s point of view. However, you should also create that same story from the villain’s point...

Fail As Fast As You Can

May 17, 2012

Thomas Edison reportedly went through 10,000 failed designs for the light bulb. When asked about so many failures, Edison reportedly replied, “I didn’t fail 10,000...

Special Effects

May 12, 2012

Special effects are like cotton candy for the eyes. They look good and they grab an audience’s attention, but there’s a better way to make...

The Hero Affects Many

May 8, 2012

In most bad screenplays, the whole focus is on the hero and all the other characters exist solely to help the hero on his (or...

From an Actor’s Point of View

May 1, 2012

As screenwriters, we tend to look at a story from the author’s point of view. Step back a moment and look at your story from...

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