The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Write Backwards

April 10, 2015
Most people start a screenplay at the beginning and work their way to the end. The problem with this approach is that it often leads...
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Incompleteness

April 9, 2015
Stories are most satisfying when they answer all our questions. At the end of “Die Hard,” not only do we get the satisfaction of seeing...
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Starting Backwards

April 7, 2015
This is how most writers get themselves in trouble. They start off with an interesting idea and keep writing until they run out of ideas....
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Guns and Sex

April 6, 2015
Watch most of Hollywood’s latest movies and it’s easy to see the basic formula of using guns and sex to attract an audience. The problem...
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Nothing is Stable

April 4, 2015
What makes an interesting movie are interesting scenes, and what makes an interesting scene is one where nothing is stable. Picture a man walking down...
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Stories Are About Change

March 30, 2015
Every story and every scene is about change. If something isn’t changing in your scenes, then your scenes don’t move the story forward. You can’t...
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Setup, Reminder, and Payoff

March 27, 2015
There’s something satisfying about the number three. In stories, this underlying foundation of three forms the basis for foreshadowing. First, you introduce something, often in...
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When Your Villain is a Good Guy

March 25, 2015
Most of the time your hero is a good guy and your villain is a bad guy, but sometimes those roles can be switched the...
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Love and Hate

March 24, 2015
All the action, special effects, and computer-generated images are pointless (think “Jupiter Ascending”) if there isn’t a strong emotional component to your story, and the...
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Make the Worse Happen in the End

March 17, 2015
Every story begins with a promise. Something is going to happen. then at the end, that something needs to be even worse than expected by...
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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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