July 2018

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Action is More Than Activity

July 30, 2018

Watch bad action movies and you see nothing but special effects and frenetic movement but not story. That shows that action alone is never enough....

Focus on Emotional Change First

July 25, 2018

“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” had the potential of being a bad movie. Instead of focusing on action like the original “Jumanji” movie, “Jumanji: Welcome...

Everyone’s Pursuing the Same Goal

July 22, 2018

Every story is really about the same goal. The goal may not be exactly identical, but the goal is similar. For example, in “Ant Man...

Focus on Basic Scenes First

July 19, 2018

Movies are a visual medium so it’s far more important to see something interesting rather than hear dialogue. Too often, novices use dialogue as a...

Start When Life is About to Change

July 11, 2018

How do you start a story? First, make sure your hero changes. Then start your story right at the moment before your hero’s life changes...

Give the Hero a Strong Goal to Pursue

July 8, 2018

Every story needs a direction. That direction comes from the hero’s emotional dream. The hero needs something emotionally and pursues a physical goal to get...

Make the Hero Care For Someone

July 3, 2018

The most crucial element in any story is that the hero must care for someone. Omit this crucial element and you’ll wind up with an...

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