The 15 Minute Movie Method

February 2024

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To Succeed, the Hero Must Achieve an Emotional Goal First

February 27, 2024
Every hero needs to pursue a physical goal and an emotional goal. The physical goal may be clear but the emotional goal is often harder...
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Make the Hero Choose Between Temptation Over Dreams

February 23, 2024
Every hero wants a goal. The question is what price is the hero willing to pay? That price leads the hero to make a difficult...
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Make More Interesting Stories by Shattering Expectations

February 19, 2024
In a story, nothing goes right and nothing is simple. In the real world, people go to the supermarket to buy food and then go...
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What is “Superhero Fatigue” and Why It’s Nothing More Than Poor Storytelling

February 15, 2024
The failure of the latest superior movies (“The Marvels”, “The Flash,” “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”) has Hollywood babbling about “superhero fatigue” where people are...
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“Migration” vs. “Finding Nemo”

February 11, 2024
If you saw “Finding Nemo,” it’s about a neurotic, overly protective father who tries to rescue his son after his son is captured by a...
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Make a Story Stronger by Appealing to Common Fears

February 7, 2024
There’s a reason why horror and action-thrillers work so well in global markets. That’s because everyone can understand the fear of the supernatural or a...
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How to Complete Your Story by Defining What it’s Really About

February 3, 2024
Here’s how most writers get stuck. They come up with a good idea for a story and then they start writing it. About halfway through,...
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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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