The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Stories Are Not What You Think They Are

January 12, 2020
The best stories are more than what you think they are. “Ford vs. Ferrari” appears to be a movie about car racing, but it’s actually...
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Make the Opening Scene Loaded with Foreshadowing

January 9, 2020
The biggest mistake you can make in writing a scene is making it one-dimensional and focused on performing a single task. For example, many novices...
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Surprise the Viewer Whenever Possible

January 6, 2020
Nothing’s more boring than seeing the ordinary. People don’t go to movies to watch ordinary life. People go to movies to see something different. While...
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The Unusual Mentor

January 3, 2020
A hero in any story can never succeed on his or her own. Instead, heroes always need a mentor who can help show the hero...
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The Sure-Fire Formula for Success That Isn’t

December 31, 2019
Hollywood tries to minimize risks. That’s why they often turn to successful books, movies, and video games to turn into movies. Unfortunately, that’s about as...
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Absurdity and Reality: the Formula for Comedy

December 28, 2019
It’s easy to make a bad comedy movie that simply spoofs other movies like “Disaster Movie” or “Vampires Suck,” which spoofed the “Twilight” series. However,...
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It’s All About Redemption

December 25, 2019
What gives a story depth is the past. Sometimes that past is seen right in the beginning of the story such as in “Cliffhanger” where...
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Think Low Budget

December 22, 2019
Rodriguez broke into Hollywood with his film “El Mariachi,” which is about a mariachi singer who comes to town at the same time as an...
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Why Books Don’t Always Make Good Movies

December 19, 2019
Hollywood is risk-aversive so they constantly try to turn books into movies. The logic is that if a book is popular, turning the story into...
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Using Two or More Genres to Create a Story

December 16, 2019
Watch a bad movie and it typically focuses on a single genre such as a bad action movie that’s nothing but explosions and gunfire (“Terminator...
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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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