The 15 Minute Movie Method

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The Hero’s Emotional Dream

March 13, 2020
In the beginning of every story, every hero needs an emotional dream that can only be achieved through physical conflict. The key is this physical...
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Study Bad Sequels

March 10, 2020
Great movies often inspire sequels, but far too often, those sequels prove disappointing. The reason for this is simple. In the original story, there’s both...
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Take Your Idea and Think Bigger

March 7, 2020
Everyone has an idea for a movie. The trouble is many people’s ideas are not big enough. Big stories don’t mean massive special effects, explosions,...
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The Battle Over the Symbol of Hope

March 4, 2020
Think of any story and ask yourself why does the hero need to fight the villain and why does the villain need to fight the...
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“Birds of Prey” and “Sonic Hedgehog”

March 1, 2020
There are two movies currently in the theaters, “Birds of Prey” and “Sonic Hedgehog.” Both are based on marginally popular pop culture icons but one...
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How Characters Change Emotionally

February 27, 2020
Characters change emotionally in two ways. First, they change their beliefs internally. Second, they demonstrate this change of belief by taking action that others (including...
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Check Your Scenes for Consistency

February 24, 2020
Every story falls within a specific genre such as action/thriller, mystery, horror, comedy, or romance. Then many stories offer a subgenre as well. For example,...
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Three Types of Endings

February 21, 2020
The end is the most important part of a story since that’s the last part of the story that most people will remember. If you...
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The Problem and Anticipation

February 18, 2020
What makes a scene interesting isn’t a lot of mindless action, but introducing a problem and anticipating the result. A problem creates conflict, and that...
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What’s the Worst That Could Happen?

February 15, 2020
It’s not easy to plot a story, but one simple guideline is to always ask yourself, “What’s the worst that could happen to the hero?”...
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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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