October 2024

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In Every Scene, Nothing Goes As Expected

October 31, 2024

Here’s how to write a boring scene. Introduce a scene where the hero expects something to happen. Then show that expectation happening exactly as the...

What Does Your Story’s Action Mean?

October 17, 2024

When most people come up with an idea for a story, they focus on the action. By making the action as interesting and unusual as...

Two Key Ingredients to Making a Great Story

October 13, 2024

Read this article about “The Shawshank Redemption”, a movie that initially bombed at the box office but has since grown in status as one of...

Why Should Anyone Care About Your Story?

October 9, 2024

When creating a story, the first step is defining why anyone would care about your story. To make people care about your story, you need...

Summarize Your Story in the Beginning

October 5, 2024

The opening scene must grab our attention but more importantly, it must summarize what the whole story is about even if we don’t quite understand...

Isolate the Moment Your Hero Changes

October 1, 2024

In every good story, the hero must change. In every great story, the hero changes by making a risky decision that changes their life for...

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.

The 15 Minute Movie Method