The 15 Minute Movie Method

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The Irony of It All

February 26, 2014
What makes parts of your story more memorable is when you make it ironic. Irony occurs when one or more events occur and they relate...
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A Lesson From LEGO

February 23, 2014
In 2005, LEGO almost went bankrupt. What saved the company was a line of toys known as Bionicles. One of the Bionicle creators said that...
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The “Best” Screenwriting Software

February 22, 2014
I initially started with an MS-DOS screenplay formatting word processor called ScriptThing, which later evolved into Movie Magic Screenwriter. Both ScriptThing and Movie Magic Screenwriter...
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Keep Surprising the Audience

February 21, 2014
When a movie runs out of surprises, it runs outs of interest. To keep audiences interested in your story, you need to keep them surprised....
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Silent Movie Techniques From Music Videos

February 18, 2014
Watch many music videos and they typically tell a story of some kind. Some music videos can be vague but many others tell a simple...
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Using the Theme as a Story Guide

February 17, 2014
“The Lego Movie” is a huge hit that has a theme about how anyone can be special. When a movie has a strong theme and...
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Truth vs. Fiction

February 16, 2014
There’s a tendency to tell the truth rather than tell a story, and that makes the story suffer as a result. Hollywood makes this mistake...
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Art as Frozen Emotion

February 15, 2014
Some of the greatest works of art were inspired by intense emotion. When Ray Bradbury wrote his famous novel “Fahrenheit 451,” he did so in...
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Coming Up With Ideas

February 14, 2014
Before you can even start writing a screenplay, you need an idea. Start by summarizing your story in one sentence. Your story idea should contain...
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Make Your Opening Unique

February 13, 2014
With your first page, your screenplay has to grab your audience. As quickly as possible, you have to establish who the hero is and what...
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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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