The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Try Identifying a Great Movie Within the First Seven Minutes

November 5, 2022
Watch a great movie and within the first few minutes, it’s grabbed your attention and introduced an unresolved problem. In “Star Wars,” the unresolved problem...
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Defining the Framework of a Great Story

November 1, 2022
Every story defines an initial, unresolved problem for the hero that will never get resolved until near the end. The story’s theme then defines the...
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Structure a Story With Matching Opening and Ending Scene Details

October 28, 2022
Many writers make the huge mistake of trying to write a screenplay from start to finish in a linear fashion. This guarantees problems because in...
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A Never-Ending Stream of Goals Keeps the Story Moving

October 24, 2022
The worst thing that can happen to any story is that it gets boring because audiences have no idea why they’re watching a scene. Therefore...
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Grab and Hold Attention by Keeping the Story Focused on the Hero

October 20, 2022
The purpose of a screenplay is not to tell a story. The real purpose of a screenplay is to grab and hold our attention. Only...
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How to Begin and End a Story

October 16, 2022
The book “Scene & Structure” offers a simple way to start and end a story. To start a story, you must understand who your hero...
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Avoiding the Mistakes in “Don’t Worry Darling”

October 12, 2022
Watch a great movie and it can inspire you to achieve similar greatness. Watch a bad movie and it can inspire you to do so...
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Avoid Fake Emotions in Characters to Create Better Drama

October 8, 2022
Often in poor screenplays, characters will gush emotionally about how much someone means to them. However, as the audience, all we hear is that character...
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The Importance of Setting Up Payoffs in a Scene

October 4, 2022
Imagine watching a scene between two people arguing. That by itself is mildly interesting. Then one character mentions the other character’s mother and the second...
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Look at Screenwriting From Multiple Points of View

September 30, 2022
It’s easy to spot novice screenplays. They often involve massive sets, special effects, and large casts along with exotic animals, spaceships, dinosaurs, or aliens. All...
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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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