The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Understanding True Horror (as Opposed to Horror Porn)

March 11, 2021
There’s a huge difference between horror and just gore. Horror porn typically focuses on showing people, usually young attractive women, getting tortured and hurt. However...
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Every Comedy Has a Drama Hidden Inside

March 8, 2021
The worst way to write a comedy is to try and be funny. Watch “Disaster Movie” that does nothing more than spoof other movies, but...
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Halfway Through, Things Take a Strange Twist to the Truth

March 5, 2021
The biggest mistake many novices make it they come up with an idea for a story and then they start writing. usually their idea can...
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The Hidden Motivation That Underlies the Hero’s Motivation

February 28, 2021
Watch most movies and you’ll often miss the hero’s motivation. Yet it’s clear right from the start. Most people think “Independence Day” is about the...
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The Progression of the Villain’s Goal in Four Acts

February 25, 2021
Divide a 120-minute screenplay into four equal segments of 30-minutes and you can plot your villain’s story. In Act I (the first 30 minutes), the...
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The Structure of Act IIa: Revealing the Villain’s Power

February 22, 2021
Divide a two hour (120 minute) screenplay into four Acts and you get four 30-minute segments. In Act I, you introduce your story. At the...
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Put the Same Idea in a Different Setting

February 19, 2021
Forget about trying to come up with an original story. You won’t and you’ll simply waste your time. However, what you can do is come...
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The Pitch Opens the Door But Your Execution of the Story is the Key

February 16, 2021
Nobody has time to read a complete screenplay. You could write the best screenplay in the world but nobody will want to read it. Since...
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Increasing the Tension and Suspense in a Scene

February 13, 2021
Here’s the wrong way to look at writing a scene. Slap together a handful of exciting scenes and then spend the rest of your screenplay...
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Shatter Each Character’s Expectations in Every Scene

February 10, 2021
Far too many novices write scenes that simply convey information. This is boring. Audiences (and readers) don’t want exposition. They want something that grabs their...
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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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