The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Start with a Log Line and Then Add Intense Emotion in the Background

May 14, 2021
Most people start a screenplay with a log line that summarizes the physical action in the story. The log line for “Die Hard” might be...
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Creating the Single Person vs. Multiple Person Character

May 11, 2021
In every story, there’s a hero. You should always have one hero because this is the person who pursues a goal and either achieves it...
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Why the Emotional Dream Triumphs Physical Action Every Time

May 8, 2021
Read log lines of movie ideas and they always focus on the physical action, which is great. However, unless the screenwriter goes further and develops...
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How the Theme Defines the Plot

May 5, 2021
Theme divides a story’s plot into the pursuit of two goals. First, there’s an emotional goal that the hero needs. Second, there’s a physical goal...
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Everything in a Screenplay Must Focus on Telling Just One Story

May 2, 2021
Watch any good movie and you’ll notice that every part of the story from the minor characters to the different scenes all work together to...
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Everything in a Scene Must Either Hinder or Help Your Hero

April 29, 2021
Far too many people write lifeless scenes. A typical screenplay consists of 90% expository scenes that do nothing but explain the story, and 10% exciting...
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Everyone Has a Hidden Agenda in a Scene

April 26, 2021
Most novices write flat, dull, boring scenes that serve no other purpose than to provide exposition to the story. To write an effective scene, the...
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Structuring the Physical Goals with the Emotional Dream

April 23, 2021
The best stories are all about emotions. Nobody watches a movie for the fifth time because they’re surprised by the car chases, gunfire, or helicopter...
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Don’t Tell a Story – Be Entertaining and Mysterious

April 20, 2021
The biggest mistake novice screenwriters make is they try to tell a story. Now you may think telling a story is the purpose of a...
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There’s More to Showing Than What You See

April 17, 2021
There’s a standard rule in writing where you must show the audience rather than tell them. In screenwriting, telling occurs when a character says something...
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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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