The 15 Minute Movie Method

January 2019

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What Does the Hero Want?

January 29, 2019
Right from the start, you have to define what your hero wants. Then in the end, you have to answer the question whether the hero...
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Iconic Scenes

January 26, 2019
Every movie follows a specific genre. In most cases, a movie actually follows two genres where one genre defines the story and the second genre...
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Songs in Musicals Tell a Story

January 23, 2019
Musicals tells story through song. In good musicals, just by listening to each song, you can understand what the hero wants, what the villain wants,...
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Conflict, Emotion, and Setup/Payoffs

January 20, 2019
Every scene in a screenplay must have a purpose. To make a scene interesting, it must advance the story and to do that, it must...
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Internal vs. External Struggles

January 17, 2019
“Mary Poppins Returns” is nowhere near the classic that the original “Mary Poppins” was, but it strives mightily anyway. One huge difference between the two...
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Life-Changing Events in Act I

January 14, 2019
In Act I, which represents the first 30 minutes of a typical 120-minute screenplay, the hero is stuck in a dead end life but extremely...
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The Inner and Outer Goals

January 10, 2019
Your hero must have a goal that starts the story moving forward. As long as the hero continues pursuing this initial goal, then the story...
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Make Life-Changing Events in Every Act

January 7, 2019
Look at the difference between a mediocre story and a great one. A mediocre story drags along with nothing much happening. On the other hand,...
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Start with Two 60-Minute Segments

January 4, 2019
When many novices get an idea for a story, they immediately rush to write the screenplay. This inevitably winds up creating a story that runs...
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Turning the Physical Story Into an Emotional Story

January 1, 2019
The biggest reason movies flop is because the screenplay focuses too much on physical action while ignoring the emotional change that makes any story worthwhile....
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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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