The 15 Minute Movie Method

September 2016

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The 45 Minute Mark

September 29, 2016
At the 30 minute mark in a typical 120-minute screenplay, the hero makes a decision to leave an old world and leap into a new...
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New Version of “The 15-Minute Movie Method” Now Available

September 26, 2016
The 5th edition of “The 15-Minute Movie Method” is now available with updated information. Much of the updated information can be freely found on this...
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Making Characters Memorable

September 22, 2016
What bad movies do is they focus solely on the hero. This creates a flat, one-dimensional story. Better movies focus on multiple characters with multiple...
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Horror = Trapped

September 19, 2016
The one crucial element of horror stories is that the main characters are trapped. If characters can freely leave, then that eliminates much of the...
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Continuity in the Story

September 16, 2016
If you want to destroy any chance of holding an audience’s interest, do what the movie “Skiptrace” does and jump around from scene to scene...
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Wants vs. Needs

September 13, 2016
Every hero needs a goal. When a hero lacks a goal, the story lacks direction and focus. That’s why the hero’s goal must be crystal...
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Novels vs. Movies

September 10, 2016
Hollywood often thinks that good books can be made into good movies. Yet some of the best movies were either original stories or heavily adapted...
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Every Act is a Mini-Story

September 7, 2016
The reason so many screenplays and movies seem dull is because nothing seems to be happening. When nothing seems to be happening, it’s because the...
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Plot and Meaning

September 4, 2016
There are two ways movies can fail. The most common way is to tell a story poorly where characters only appear to do things long...
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Stephen King the Novelist vs. Stephen King the Screenwriter

September 1, 2016
What makes Stephen King novels so enjoyable is that he fills each page with graphic details of gore, blood, and action. Novels need detail and...
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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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