The 15 Minute Movie Method

September 2019

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The Kiss of Death for Killing Any Story

September 29, 2019
There’s no formula to create a great movie, but there is a formula for creating a bad movie. If you want to create a bad...
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The Heart of Conflict: Hopes vs. Fears

September 26, 2019
Every story needs conflict. Sometimes that conflict can be life and death struggles such as James Bond trying to survive against multiple assassins, but sometimes...
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Outlining the Four Acts of a Screenplay

September 23, 2019
A typical 120-page screenplay represents two hours. If you divide it into four equal parts, you’ll get four 30-minute segments as follows: Act I —...
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All Conflict Stems From the Theme

September 20, 2019
Every story needs conflict. Without conflict, you don’t have a story. Where mediocre stories fail is that they have conflict, but that conflict is completely...
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The Danger of Ignoring Other Characters

September 17, 2019
Every story is about the hero, but the hero isn’t the sole focus of any story. In every story, not only should the hero change...
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Physical Goal vs. Emotional Need

September 14, 2019
In the beginning of every story, the hero’s stuck in a dead end life, often through no fault of his or her own. When we...
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All the Enemies of the Hero

September 11, 2019
Conflict is the heart of every story and that means the hero needs multiple enemies to keep him or her from achieving a goal. The...
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Ways to Start a Story

September 8, 2019
If you want to make your stories more emotionally engaging, there’s an excellent book by David Freeman called “Creating Emotion in Games.” While the book...
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Deception Creates Tension

September 5, 2019
Every hero wants a physical goal that he or she can see, but in reality, they need to achieve an emotional goal that they often...
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Singular Focus vs. Scattershot Focus in the Plot

September 2, 2019
Watch a great movie and you might not be conscious at how all the elements of the story work together. Although every story consists of...
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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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