The 15 Minute Movie Method

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The “Pursue a Great Cause” Emotional Logline

September 5, 2025
The “Pursue a great cause” emotional logline often appears in true stories since it requires the belief that someone would actually care about something bigger...
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The “Survive” Emotional Logline

September 1, 2025
The “Survive” emotional logline is the most basic emotion because everyone wants to live. Survival can directly threaten the hero’s life or can be more...
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The “Find Love” Emotional Logline

August 28, 2025
One common emotional goal is the “Find love” emotional logline where the hero searches for true love. Everyone can understand the desire to find true...
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Two Types of Scenes in Every Story

August 24, 2025
Watch and study full-length movies, but make sure you rewatch specific scenes from your favorite movies. Study how a scene grabs your attention, how it...
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How I Won Scriptapalooza’s 2023 Screenwriting Competition

August 20, 2025
In 2023, I won Scriptapalooza’s Screenwriting Competition. Although I’ll never know exactly what elevated my screenplay over the 3000+ screenplays submitted that year, I do...
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Why Your Story Needs Conflict

August 16, 2025
Every story needs conflict. Conflict creates a purpose for a story, raises questions on who will get what they want, and generates suspense as we...
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The “Improve or Escape a Flawed Life” Emotional Logline

August 12, 2025
Often times the hero lives in a flawed world through no fault of their own. That’s when the hero pursues the “Improve or escape a...
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The “Realize Life is Good” Emotional Logline

August 8, 2025
With the “Realize life is already good” emotional logline, the hero lives in a decent world but longs for something better. The key is that...
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Creating the Inciting Incident

August 4, 2025
Every story involves a goal. Knowing what characters want helps us understand what they’re doing and why. So when writing a story, always make a...
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The “Becoming a Stronger and Better Person” Emotional Logline

July 31, 2025
Nobody has time to read a full-length screenplay. Instead, most people read a summary of a screenplay known as a logline. The purpose of the...
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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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