April, 2024 - The 15 Minute Movie Method

Change a Character’s World by the End of Every Scene

April 27, 2024

Imagine story where a man wakes up, drives to work, does his job, and goes home. If nothing out of the ordinary happens, this scene...

Create Stronger Stories By Surprising the Audience

April 23, 2024

When an audience sees a movie, they want to be surprised (in a good way). That means every scene should never be exactly what it...

Foreshadowing the Ending With the Beginning

April 19, 2024

One way to outline a story is to focus on the beginning and ending scene because these two scenes represent bookends. The beginning scene foreshadows...

Write Great Scenes By Constantly Knocking Characters Off Balance

April 15, 2024

Far too many writers write boring scenes. The most common problem is they try to mimic reality, but reality is mostly boring. Nobody wants to...

Write Dialogue to Attack Other Characters

April 11, 2024

Never write realistic dialogue because realistic dialogue is boring. Just record a typical conversation and play it back. Real dialogue is boring precisely because it...

Make a Stronger Story by Setting Up Details in Early Scenes

April 7, 2024

There’s a huge difference between a great movie and a bad movie. In a bad movie (“Argylle”, “The 355”, “Madame Web”) scenes feel completely separate...

Make Every Scene Interesting By Constantly Posing Problems

April 3, 2024

Here’s one way to write a boring scene. Try to mimic real life and write a scene that duplicates real life such as trying to...

The 15 Minute Movie Method

April 2024