The 15 Minute Movie Method

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The Ending is All Action

January 10, 2012
In Act III, everything is action. If you watch Act III of any movie, you’ll see a lot of movement, action, and excitement, but none...
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Touching a Raw Nerve

January 6, 2012
What makes one movie a classic and another movie a forgettable film that pretty much goes straight to DVD? I think the answer lies in...
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The Myth of the Original Story

January 2, 2012
There is no such thing as an original story, but there is such a thing as telling a story originally. Learn the difference and you...
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Loglines and Thoughtlines

December 27, 2011
You can condense every movie into a logline, which summarizes what the story is about. However, you might also want to capture a thoughtline to...
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Less Vs. More

December 21, 2011
Most movies subscribe to the belief that audiences want to see more. More explosions, more action, more car crashes, more special effects, and more computer-generated...
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From Selfish to Selfless

December 16, 2011
One way to roughly structure your screenplay is to divide it into two halves. The first half shows the hero striving to achieve a selfish...
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What Does Your Hero Want?

December 12, 2011
To get your audience involved in your story, make sure your her’s goal is crystal clear right fro the start. Then make the audience care...
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Change is Necessary in the Hero

December 7, 2011
Every story is about change. Your hero isn’t the only who changes. The hero’s actions always change everyone around him or her. Every story is...
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Integrating Action with Story

December 2, 2011
Too often movies degenerate into mindless action without any substance behind it. However, action is necessary is nearly every story but you need to know...
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Three Steps to the Hero’s Goal

November 27, 2011
One characteristic of a bad movie is that you have no idea why you’re watching certain scenes because you have no idea what the hero...
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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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