The 15 Minute Movie Method

October 2013

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The Three Stages of the Hero

October 29, 2013
Your hero is always trying to solve problems, but those problems typically go through three distinct stages. First, the hero makes a decision to pursue...
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The Fate of the Mentor

October 27, 2013
Every hero needs a mentor to teach him or her how to change. Sometimes the mentor dies before the end of the story like Obi-wan...
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Always an Underdog

October 24, 2013
It doesn’t matter how strong your hero might be, he or she always needs to be the underdog. In “Iron Man 3,” Tony Stark has...
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Causality

October 21, 2013
Watch a bad movie and no matter how many car crashes or explosions you see, the movie can still be boring. Compare the chase scene...
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Events vs. Stories

October 20, 2013
One of the most common screenwriting mistakes is that a screenwriter will come up with a handful of action packed scenes, and then the bulk...
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Writing the Beginning

October 18, 2013
The beginning of your story needs to grab the audience right away and let them know what type of story you’re telling. Two common ways...
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“Harold and Maude”

October 17, 2013
Like many comedies,” Harold and Maude” doesn’t necessarily have a single, all powerful villain like Darth Vader in “Star Wars” or Hans the terrorist leader...
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Keeping Superpowers in Check

October 12, 2013
Every hero has a certain, useful skill. However, there must be limitations to that skill. If that skill can get the hero out of trouble...
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Overwriting and Underwriting

October 7, 2013
Most people underwrite their stories. By that I mean that they don’t write enough. Instead of letting us know and understand different characters, all we...
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Keep Your Scenes From Dragging

October 4, 2013
Watch a bad movie and your mind will start to drift away because you don’t know what’s going on or you don’t care. Either way,...
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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.

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