The 15 Minute Movie Method

March 2015

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Stories Are About Change

March 30, 2015
Every story and every scene is about change. If something isn’t changing in your scenes, then your scenes don’t move the story forward. You can’t...
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Setup, Reminder, and Payoff

March 27, 2015
There’s something satisfying about the number three. In stories, this underlying foundation of three forms the basis for foreshadowing. First, you introduce something, often in...
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When Your Villain is a Good Guy

March 25, 2015
Most of the time your hero is a good guy and your villain is a bad guy, but sometimes those roles can be switched the...
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Love and Hate

March 24, 2015
All the action, special effects, and computer-generated images are pointless (think “Jupiter Ascending”) if there isn’t a strong emotional component to your story, and the...
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Make the Worse Happen in the End

March 17, 2015
Every story begins with a promise. Something is going to happen. then at the end, that something needs to be even worse than expected by...
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The Parallel Goals of the Hero and Others

March 16, 2015
The best way to emphasize the goal of your hero is to create a parallel goal in a secondary character. By seeing the goal of...
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Begin with Something New and End with Something Final

March 13, 2015
Many people have great ideas for screenplays. The problem is turning that great idea into a compelling page turner for the next 110-120 pages. That’s...
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Avoiding 7 Crucial Log Line Mistakes

March 11, 2015
Script Magazine has an interesting article about 7 crucial log line mistakes. While you should read the article, here’s a summary of their list: It contains...
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The Invincible Hero

March 10, 2015
In most stories, the hero is an underdog battling against a more powerful villain. Think of “Rocky,” “The Karate Kid,” “Die Hard,” “Avatar,” “The Hunger...
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How Will It Make Money? and Why Should I Care?

March 5, 2015
The two questions you should ask yourself before writing any screenplay is “How will it make money?” and “Why should I care?” When a studio...
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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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