The 15 Minute Movie Method

June 2019

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Create an Interesting Dilemma

June 30, 2019
Before you start writing anything, take a moment to make sure your story has an interesting dilemma. An interesting dilemma forces the hero to choose...
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Problems and Solutions

June 25, 2019
The way to tell an interesting story is to use a four-part story structure like this: Problem occurs Solution found Bigger problem occurs New solution...
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Study Novels

June 22, 2019
When author Michael Blake wrote the screenplay “Dances with Wolves,” nobody in Hollywood cared. So Michael Blake rewrote his screenplay as a novel and got...
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The Four Part Story Structure of the Hero

June 19, 2019
Every story needs a hero. In novels, you can have multiple heroes but in movies, you need one hero but you can have multiple characters...
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From Idea to Plot

June 16, 2019
It’s easy to come up with lots of interesting ideas. It’s much harder to take those good ideas and turn them into a story with...
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Identify People, Places, and Things

June 13, 2019
Every story needs certain people, places, and things. People represent the people the hero needs for help. In “The Karate Kid,” the hero needs a...
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Make Character Motivations Logical

June 10, 2019
Movies immerse us in a world that seems as real as our own. However, the one sure way to shatter this immersive experience is to...
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Drawing in the Audience

June 7, 2019
In novels, the reader experiences what the characters go through and that’s what makes a good novel compelling to read. Pick up any novel by...
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Make Every Scene Compelling

June 4, 2019
One common problem with novice screenwriters is that their screenplay contains a handful of interesting scenes. Then to get the characters from one interesting scene...
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Name Characters By Their Purpose

June 1, 2019
Character names are important because they define who that person is. Luke Skywalker sounds far more descriptive than Luke Smith. The basic rule for creating...
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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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