The 15 Minute Movie Method

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What’s the Big, Compelling Idea of Your Story?

May 11, 2025
Before you start writing a screenplay, ask yourself one question. What is the big, compelling idea of your story? If you can’t think of the...
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Make the Midpoint of a Story Foreshadow the Ending

May 7, 2025
The best stories feel unified. Perhaps the most subtle way to unify a story is to make sure the midpoint and the ending work together....
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Two Ways to Identify a Flawed Story

May 3, 2025
There are two easy ways to tell if a movie’s structure is flawed or not. First, just study the opening and ending scene. Second, analyze...
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Surprises Always Need Setups

April 29, 2025
Always play fair with your audience. When you don’t play fair with your audience, your story introduces something out of the blue that surprises the...
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Think of Every Scene as a Short Story

April 25, 2025
The biggest mistake in writing a screenplay is writing poor scenes. The difference between a poor scene and a good scene is that a poor...
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Creating the Big Finale

April 21, 2025
The most important part of your story is the ending. Think of a fireworks show where the big finale occurs at the end and leaves...
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Using Internal Conflict to Create Stronger External Conflict

April 17, 2025
The best stories have two kinds of conflict: internal and external. Internal conflict occurs between your hero’s opposing beliefs or values. In “Die Hard”, the...
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Outline an Entire Story Using Opposites

April 13, 2025
Creating a story out of thin air is never easy. That’s why so many stories wind up feeling incomplete or half-polished. The solution is simple....
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Force Your Hero Into Making Tough Choices

April 9, 2025
If you want to create a memorable character, start with the choices they make. The toughest choices for any character to face are: In “Finding...
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Make Sure Every Scene Changes Your Hero

April 5, 2025
A screenplay should be like a roller coaster. Right from the start it should promise an exciting ride and then give people exactly what they...
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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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