The 15 Minute Movie Method

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22 Pixar Story Guidelines

February 8, 2015
Pixar has an incredible track record of creating great movies. Although some of their movies have been less than stellar (“Cars 2”), the overall quality...
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The Inciting Incident

February 6, 2015
Many screenplays take too long to get started. What the beginning of your screenplay needs is a sudden jolt out of the ordinary. One way...
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Clear Goals

February 2, 2015
Right from the beginning, you audience has to know what goal your characters want to pursue. Sometimes the goal can be something specific such as...
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Make It Relatable

January 26, 2015
“The Giver” was a popular young adult novel about a community that eliminates emotions in favor of sameness. The idea is to create the perfect...
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Make It Complete

January 25, 2015
Watch sequels and they often feel inferior to the original because they’re not complete stories. If you never saw the original, the beginning of most...
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Start with a Theme

January 20, 2015
Exciting and memorable stories don’t have the most action, but the greatest emotional appeal. To create a story with a strong emotional core, identify a...
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Get Emotional

January 16, 2015
The best stories move us emotionally, so if you want to create the best story possible, start by tapping into a strong emotion of your...
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Mini-Goals

January 14, 2015
Divide a typical 120-minute movie into eight segments and you get eight 15-minute segments. Each 15-minute segment the hero must be pursuing a goal. In...
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Murphy’s Law

January 12, 2015
Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. The screenwriting world is no different. You want to make everything go wrong...
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Halfway Through, Things Fall Apart

January 8, 2015
The next time you watch any two hour move, time your watch to the one hour mark. When you hit the one hour mark, notice...
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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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