The 15 Minute Movie Method

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No Risk, No Interest

April 12, 2014
I just read a friend’s screenplay where the hero basically drifts through the story with no change. He stays the same from the beginning to...
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Elements of a Great Scene – Part II

April 12, 2014
Technically a scene takes place in a single location, but for our purposes, a scene is a mini-story that can be made up of multiple...
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High Concept and a Hidden Theme

April 11, 2014
The first step to getting your screenplay recognized is having a great concept. There’s an upcoming movie called “Sex Tape” starring Cameron Diaz. Having read...
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Studying Bad Examples

April 9, 2014
Ray Bradbury was one of the best short story writers around with a handful of great novels as well. However great he was as a...
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Why You Get Stuck

April 8, 2014
You may have a great idea so you start writing your screenplay, wind up getting around 40 pages done, and suddenly realize you have no...
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Making Characters Come Alive

April 7, 2014
There’s more to a character than just a name and a description. You never want to write a screenplay for a specific actor because the...
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Make It Relevant

April 6, 2014
There’s a danger of writing about a topical subject because by the time you write about it and the time the movie gets made, that...
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Keep Threatening the Hero

April 5, 2014
To make your hero succeed, he or she must battle against a villain. Your villain needs to make an appearance in each Act of your...
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Elements of a Great Scene – Part I

April 3, 2014
The other day I read a screenplay by a friend that spent five pages describing an airplane taxiing towards the terminal so the hero could...
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The Typical Day and the Breaking Point

April 2, 2014
At the beginning of every movie, we get to see the hero’s typical day, but this time it’s not typical because something happens at 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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