The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Understanding Act IIa — Positive Rising Action

April 25, 2013
The first half of Act II is where the hero enters a new world, gradually masters it, and achieves a goal — only to find...
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Creating Depth in a Story

April 20, 2013
What makes a movie good isn’t necessarily what the story is about, but how the story is told. Bad movies tell one story where all...
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The Two Halves of Act III

April 14, 2013
Act III is what your movie is really all about — the battle between the hero and the villain. This is where the hero and...
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“Finding Nemo” Analysis

April 10, 2013
“Finding Nemo” demonstrates the distinct parts of a typical movie based on the 15 Minute Movie Method. “Finding Nemo,” like all good movies, consists of...
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The Elements of a Story

April 2, 2013
The three elements of a story appear infused throughout an entire screenplay. If you omit these crucial elements of a story, you risk boring your...
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Winning by Losing

March 28, 2013
Endings are the last thing an audience remembers about your movie, so it’s important to craft a memorable ending. Here are two ways to create...
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Watching the Twilight Zone as a Learning Tool

March 21, 2013
TV shows are like mini-movies in themselves and if you study the structure of telling a story through a teleplay, you can learn to apply...
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Commercial vs. Art

March 15, 2013
Hollywood has already chosen the best pictures of the year at the Golden Globes and Oscars, but how come the best pictures always seem to...
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Getting Started

March 8, 2013
Before you start writing, take a moment to think through your story first. Only after you have defined the framework of your story and know...
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Protecting Your Story

March 2, 2013
Hollywood is famous for taking a writer’s story, twisting it apart, and churning out something completely different than what the writer intended — and then...
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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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