The 15 Minute Movie Method

August 2024

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Increase Tension and Suspense by Condensing Time and Place

August 30, 2024
Why did “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” flop at the box office? Part of the reason is that it’s not a very good movie. The...
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The More People the Hero Helps, the More the Hero Changes

August 26, 2024
Every tory is about change where the hero starts as one type of person and by the end of the story, changes into a different,...
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The Humble vs. Arrogant Hero

August 22, 2024
In every good story, your hero changes. In most cases, your hero starts off as a timid, uncertain person who gradually gains confidence in themselves...
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How to Turn a Rough Idea Into a Full-Fledged Story

August 18, 2024
When you have an idea for a story, you never know the complete story. Instead, you often have a single scene or individual action that...
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Define Your Entire Story in the Opening Scene

August 14, 2024
The opening scene is the most crucial scene because it’s the first impression an audience has with your story. Although the audience may not be...
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Learning From Lousy Movies

August 10, 2024
Screenwriting classes almost always focus on great movies for students to study. While this can show students what makes a movie great, sometimes it’s easier...
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Create Funnier Comedy By Focusing on the Characters

August 6, 2024
Comedy can be one of the hardest genres to write because you must consistently keep an audience laughing. That’s why most comedies are only 90...
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Tighten Tension with Unity in Time and Place

August 2, 2024
Imagine being buried alive in a coffin underground. That’s the premise of a movie called “Buried” where Ryan Reynolds plays an American truck driver who...
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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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