The 15 Minute Movie Method

October 2021

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Creating the Four Stages of the Hero’s Gradual Change

October 30, 2021
A story is all about change. Who the hero is at the end is completely different than who the hero was in the beginning. Look...
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Make the Villain an Evil Version of the Hero

October 26, 2021
Many screenwriters write pages and pages of a script, only to realize that their villain is either too weak, too strong, or just not the...
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How to Dissect the Three Layers of an Appealing Story

October 22, 2021
The three layers of a story are: The idea The action The purpose Look at every bad movie ever made and you can see that...
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Every Scene is About Putting Things Back in Balance

October 18, 2021
Read most novice screenplays and you’ll run across scenes where very little happens. The scene exists solely to introduce characters and settings. Unfortunately, such scenes...
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Dialogue is About Not Saying What’s On Each Character’s Mind

October 14, 2021
“Speech is often used less to express genuine feelings and thoughts than to hide, veil or deny them.” — Alice Miller The number one mistake...
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Writing Scenes Backwards for Maximum Emotional Impact

October 10, 2021
Here’s the biggest mistake novices make when writing scenes. They write a scene that serves no purpose other than to provide information to the audience....
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Comedy is Not Jokes But Reactions to Events

October 6, 2021
The two least expensive types of movies to write are comedies and horror movies. That’s because both rely less on star power and more on...
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Stop Telling Stories (And Start Grabbing Attention)

October 2, 2021
The number one mistake most novice screenwriters make is that they try to tell a story. Now you may think telling a story is what...
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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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