The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Examine Your Story Idea

April 1, 2014
The biggest mistake most people make is to start writing too soon. When you don’t know your story, writing your screenplay too soon is like...
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Unity, Variety, and Hierarch

March 30, 2014
In the graphic design world, there are three principles that can combine to create an effective graphic image: Unity Variety Hierarchy Unity means the graphic...
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Make Everything Fresh and Interesting

March 28, 2014
Watch a bad movie and you may not know why, but suddenly you start losing interest in the story at some point. There are many...
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The Pixar Pitch

March 27, 2014
Most people start writing their screenplay without clearly defining their story. As a result, they wind up writing a lot of words that don’t work...
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The Hero’s Change

March 26, 2014
In flat, boring movies, the hero stays the same from start to finish. Watch bad James Bond movies and James Bond is confident and on...
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Set a Deadline

March 25, 2014
Nothing makes a story move faster than a deadline. Without a deadline, there’s no reason for the hero to do anything. With a deadline, the...
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Studying Musicals

March 24, 2014
Musicals tell a story largely through songs. In bad musicals like “Grease 2,” the songs serve no purpose other than to show people singing and...
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Protecting Your Work

March 23, 2014
If you write a screenplay, don’t send it out to others just yet. Before you let anyone else look at your screenplay, protect it first....
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Making the Climax Emotional

March 21, 2014
In a bad movie, the climax simply shows the hero fighting and defeating the villain, which can be as exciting as watching two unknown boxers...
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How Not to Make a Monster Movie

March 16, 2014
If you’re planning to write a horror movie involving a monster of some type, it helps to start with something scary to begin with such...
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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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