The 15 Minute Movie Method

April 2022

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Put the Hero in the Toughest Situation to Challenge His or Her Beliefs

April 28, 2022
Every story needs conflict and the best way to create conflict is to throw the hero in the worst possible situation. That automatically creates tension...
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Create Memorable Characters By Studying Musicals

April 24, 2022
One problem screenwriters have is developing character. In other words, what do people want and how do they want to go through life? In traditional...
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Every Physical Battle Tears the Hero Apart Between Two Emotional Extremes

April 20, 2022
Stories are like roller coasters. They must move forward at all times. Sometimes they pause before a burst of frenetic action that goes up and...
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The 15-Minute Movie Method (Kindle) Book Now Available!

April 15, 2022
One common mistake screenwriters make is that they start writing as soon as they have an idea. The trouble is that even the best idea...
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Every Story Should Be an Internal Struggle That Drives Physical Action

April 12, 2022
Watch a bad movie and it will focus on action at the expense of emotional character development. That’s because watching cars blow up or guns...
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Make the Setting a Character in Your Story

April 8, 2022
If two characters have dialogue that sounds too similar, you’ll likely have a dull story because there’s nothing distinct about either character. Just as you...
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Maximizing Internal Conflict Within a Hero to Create an Interesting Character

April 4, 2022
Watch any bad movie (“The 355”) and you’ll notice that it’s all action and far less character development. What makes any hero feel real and...
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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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