The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Show Us Something New

August 14, 2014
No matter what type of story you’re creating, the key is to show us something new. You can be outrageous and show us something fantastic...
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The Tortured Past

August 12, 2014
One crucial element of any story is that the hero often needs to overcome a problem from the past. This past problem haunts the hero...
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Make the Goal Clear Immediately

August 11, 2014
Watch a mediocre movie and the beginning is often murky and confusing because you don’t know what’s going on or why. That’s because the hero...
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Pressure the Hero

August 3, 2014
If you divide a movie into four acts, you get a basic structure like this: Act I — Exposition Act IIa — Positive rising action...
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Learning the Mentor’s Lesson

July 29, 2014
Your story’s theme represents the lesson your hero needs to learn. To teach that lesson to your hero, you need to demonstrate that lesson (your...
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Turning Ideas Into Stories

July 25, 2014
Everyone can get a great idea for a movie. The hard part is turning that great idea into a polished screenplay. To go from a...
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Cause and Effect

July 24, 2014
It’s a law of physics that every time there’s a cause, there’s an effect. Unfortunately in bad and mediocre movies, this law gets ignored all...
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Comedy Attacks a Focused Target

July 22, 2014
During the 80’s, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Pat Proft wrote a series of movies spoofs including “Airplane!” “The Naked Gun,” and “Hot...
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Two Goals for the Hero

July 15, 2014
Your hero has two goals: a physical goal and an emotional goal. What’s important is that your hero achieves the emotional goal, but pursuit of...
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Studying “Maleficent”

July 12, 2014
Maleficent is my latest favorite mediocre movie. Take Angelia Jolie out of the starring role and there would be little reason for people to watch...
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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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