The 15 Minute Movie Method

June 2017

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Telling vs. Showing

June 26, 2017
In the world of fiction, writers are always urged to “show,” not “tell.” Showing lets the reader experience action through the thoughts and feelings of...
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A Story is More than Its Pitch

June 23, 2017
Many novices come up with an idea and think they’re done. The problem is this: Anyone can come up with a good idea Turning good...
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Relationships Are a Two-Way Street

June 20, 2017
Every story has a hero, but no hero can survive without a mentor and an ally. The mentor helps the hero grow into a better...
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Haunting the Hero with the Past

June 17, 2017
The easiest way to write a bad screenplay is to start writing with no advance planning. This will guarantee you’ll write about 50 pages before...
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Tell One Story Multiple Times

June 14, 2017
In every great story, you’re really telling one story using multiple characters. In every bad story, you wind up telling different stories with multiple characters....
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Stay Away From “Safe” Stories

June 11, 2017
One of the biggest problems with Hollywood is that they try to play it “safe.” Unfortunately, Hollywood’s idea of playing it “safe” is to do...
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Even Superheroes are Underdogs

June 8, 2017
Watch a good superhero movie and you’ll notice that despite having all these super powers, the hero is always the underdogs. That’s the way stories...
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The Climactic Battle

June 4, 2017
The end of your story must be the final climactic battle between the hero and villain. This doesn’t necessarily have to be a massive action...
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Foreshadow the Fate of the Hero

June 1, 2017
The hero must always face a threat and the best way to alert the audience to this threat is to show this threat early in...
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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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