The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Character Goals

September 30, 2011
Your villain defines how your hero will achieve his or her goal. Once you define your hero’s goal, you’ll need to define your villain’s goal....
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The Mystery

September 25, 2011
Every movie is a mystery. You tease the audience with tidbits of information and once you’ve got them hooked, then they’ll want to see how...
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“Avatar” Analysis

September 12, 2011
Avatar is the latest blockbuster movie that’s visually stunning and breaking box office records. But at its heart, it’s still an easy to analyze story....
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Don’t Imitate Blockbusters

September 8, 2011
Blockbuster movies like “Avatar” make millions of dollars in profit, but here’s why you should avoid trying to write a similar story like that. When...
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Backstory

September 2, 2011
Every interesting story has a backstory, which is what happened to the characters before the story gets started. To make your story richer and deeper,...
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Revelations

August 28, 2011
There’s a big difference between showing an audience something and getting them intellectually and emotionally involved. Bad movies just show an audience different scenes like...
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The Domino Theory

August 21, 2011
A well constructed story works because all the pieces fit together. When studios throw additional writers on a project, each writer tends to pick and...
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Motivation

August 17, 2011
The hero of any movie never succeeds based on his or her own desires. Instead, there’s always an outside motivation to push forward and succeed....
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The Villain is in Control

August 11, 2011
Most screenwriting books have it wrong. The story isn’t about your hero pursuing a goal and overcoming obstacles. Your story is really about your villain....
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The Hero’s Lesson

August 7, 2011
Every story is a learning process for the hero. The point of every story is for the hero (and the audience) to learn something important...
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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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