The 15 Minute Movie Method

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What Makes Rod Serling’s Scripts So Good?

January 30, 2024
Rod Serling wrote more than half of all the scripts for the original “Twilight Zone” show that aired from 1959-1964. While Hollywood has made numerous...
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Creating a Story with Three Levels of Storytelling

January 26, 2024
Watch “Wish” and you’ll see the first level of storytelling that focuses solely on a hero trying to achieve a goal. While this is necessary...
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Evoking Emotions is the Key to Writing Better Stories

January 22, 2024
People don’t want stories to entertain them but to take them on an emotional roller coaster. That means your story must constantly evoke specific types...
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Write Better Stories by Writing Your Screenplay Last

January 18, 2024
One huge mistake many writers make is to make up their story as they write their screenplay. This can be like trying to learn to...
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How to Create a Good Opening Scene

January 14, 2024
The first scene is crucial because it serves several purposes: Watch any horror movie and the first scene always hints at something ominous. In the...
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Give Every Scene a Surprise

January 10, 2024
Far too many people write boring scenes. Typically, such scenes exist solely to give information to the audience. A far better solution is to always...
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Start a Story with a Haunted Past

January 6, 2024
Too many writers start writing a story and then get stuck. Even if they know where how the story ends, they don’t have enough material...
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An Unanswered Question Defines the Foundation of Every Story

January 2, 2024
This is the way most writers create a story. They start with an idea and start writing. This inevitably leads to a dead end that...
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Make Every Scene Force the Hero to Face Their Fears

December 28, 2023
Too many writers think scenes should give information to the audience. This winds up creating “information dumps” where scenes exist for no other purpose than...
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Write Stronger Scenes By Constantly Challenging Your Hero’s Weakness

December 24, 2023
Novices often make the mistake of trying to write a full-length screenplay, which is like learning to walk by trying to run a marathon. You...
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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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