The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Subtext in Dialogue

June 10, 2020
In real life, people rarely say exactly what’s on their mind. Imagine the following scene in a romance: MAN: I love you. WOMAN: I love...
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Creating a Fully Dimensional Scene

June 7, 2020
Watch a stage play and the story is told mainly through dialogue with physical action secondary. Then watch a movie and the story is told...
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The Triangle Method of Writing a Scene

June 4, 2020
What happens when most people write a scene? Ideally, the scene should contain two characters in conflict. One character wants one thing and the other...
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Learning About a Character

June 1, 2020
The weakest way to reveal any character is to have that character come right out and tell the audience, “I’m unhappy” or “I feel too...
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Delay Your Story

May 31, 2020
The easiest mistake to make when writing any story is to tell too much too soon. As soon as the audience understands everything, there’s little...
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Every Story is About Solving One Problem

May 28, 2020
Watch your favorite movie and at its heart, it’s all about solving one problem. The beginning of the story sets up a single problem and...
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Unity and Variety

May 25, 2020
Every story fits into a specific genre such as horror, mystery, or action. The genre of your story defines its unity. How you tell that...
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Treat Your Setting Like a Character

May 22, 2020
A story shouldn’t take place anywhere but in a specific location. Even if a story takes place in an ordinary high school like “Edge of...
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The Story is the Foundation

May 19, 2020
Watch your favorite movie and strip away the action, costumes, special effects, and A-list actors. Then study the actual story to see how it’s constructed....
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The Hero’s Allies

May 16, 2020
No hero can go through a story alone. At the very least, a hero needs a mentor who can teach the hero how to become...
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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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