The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Set Up and Payoff

September 19, 2012
What makes a movie good or bad isn’t the story, the plot, the actors, or the setting. What makes a good story is setting up...
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‘The Seventh 15 Minutes

September 12, 2012
Act III is all about confrontation with the villain. However, you can’t just throw the hero and the villain together right away. Instead, you have...
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The Eighth 15 Minutes

September 7, 2012
The final part of your movie is what people will remember the most. You have to give the audience a satisfying, yet surprising ending. Whatever...
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Making Your Hero Likable

September 2, 2012
The one key to every movie is that the audience must like your hero. They may not agree with the hero or even accept his...
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Before You Write

August 30, 2012
The most common mistake people make is to start writing before they know what their story is all about. That’s like hopping into a car...
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The Importance of a Great Script

August 25, 2012
Everything starts with a great script. You can make a great movie from a great script, but it’s impossible to make a great movie from...
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Zombie Characters

August 21, 2012
Almost every screenplay has a hero who has a goal, displays emotions, and keeps meeting failure and obstacles in pursuit of a quest. That’s exactly...
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Genre as Boundaries

August 17, 2012
Every story follows a defined structure, and the type of story that you want to tell contains further boundaries. These different types of stories, known...
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Crossing the Genre Boundary

August 10, 2012
Every story fits within a genre such as Comedy, Thriller, or Action. It’s important to know what genre you want your story to fit because...
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Don’t Forget the Villain

August 4, 2012
Too many screenwriters focus exclusively on the goals of the hero, but don’t forget about your villain. Your villain isn’t someone who exists solely to...
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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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