February 2025

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Keep the Audience in Suspense

February 20, 2025

Every story must grab and hold the audience’s attention. One of the best ways to do this right from the start is to pose an...

Make Sure Every Scene Contains Conflict

February 16, 2025

Every scene must grab and hold an audience’s attention. The best way to do that is to create conflict right away. Think back to the...

Make Every Scene Start with a Promise of Action

February 12, 2025

Every scene must move your story forward. One way to do that is to make sure the beginning of every scene grabs the audience’s attention...

Make Action Change Your Hero

February 8, 2025

The action of your story must change your hero. Action by itself can grab an audience’s attention but how it affects your hero is the...

Define the Inner Conflict of Your Hero

February 4, 2025

Before writing any story, define the inner conflict of your hero. Most writers focus on their plot and the action of the story, but action...

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