The 15 Minute Movie Method

November 2019

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Two Ways to End a Scene

November 28, 2019
Scenes act like building blocks that carry the audience from the beginning of your story where you pose an initial question to the end where...
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Make Every Scene Unexpected

November 25, 2019
Imagine a man walking into a bank, depositing a check, and then walking out. Boring. That’s because there’s nothing exciting happening. What most novices do...
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Three Story Plots

November 22, 2019
When athletes train, they off cross-train. That means they perform exercises that may not be directly related to their sport but can improve their performance...
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It’s All About the Characters

November 19, 2019
Hollywood loves to focus on action that involves multi-million dollar budgets. Then they wonder when these multimillion dollar movies flop at the box office. It’s...
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What Does Your Hero Want?

November 16, 2019
As soon as possible, make it obvious what your hero wants because that desire will drive the rest of your story. However, you don’t want...
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The Hero Has One Problem

November 13, 2019
Bad movies tend to have no focus. Watch a bad movie like “The Spy Who Dumped Me” and none of the characters have reacted problems...
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Creating Obstacles in a Scene

November 10, 2019
In every scene, a main character wants something. What makes a scene interesting is watching that character struggling to get it. The book “Make a...
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“Parasite” A South Korean Film

November 7, 2019
As a screenwriter, don’t limit yourself to watching only movies from your own country. For many Americans, that means only watching American movies but movies...
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Lessons From “The Twilight Zone”

November 4, 2019
The original “Twilight Zone” TV series had a tight budget. Despite depicting creatures from other worlds, ghosts, supernatural events, and other planets, “The Twilight Zone”...
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“The Hunger Games” vs. “Divergent”

November 1, 2019
When “The Hunger Games” became a hit movie, Hollywood rushed multiple young adult (YA) movies into production based on best-selling YA novels. Unfortunately, “The Hunger...
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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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