The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Story Fractals with Four Big Goals

August 15, 2019
Fractals are mathematical images that are composed of identical images that form much larger images. Stories are the same way. The overall story has a...
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The YA (Young Adult) Story Formula

August 12, 2019
Ever since “The Hunger Games” came out and become a worldwide phenomena, Hollywood has been trying to duplicate that success over and over again with...
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Contrast = Visual Interest

August 9, 2019
Every scene needs conflict. To enhance conflict or to make a scene more visually interesting if there’s little conflict, use contrast. Contrast makes everything appear...
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Conflict is Never Random

August 6, 2019
To make any story interesting, you need conflict. However, bad movies simply toss all types of conflict in a story, most of which makes no...
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What’s the Emotion in Your Story?

August 3, 2019
The horror genre is the easiest to study for emotional impact because horror movies strive to create fear and horror in the minds of the...
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The Theme Defines Obstacles Stopping the Hero

July 31, 2019
Every story is about conflict. Without conflict, you have no story. Watching a character struggle to achieve a goal is what makes any story interesting....
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Start with a Theme

July 28, 2019
Any time you watch a mediocre or bad movie, look for a theme. You probably won’t find one and that’s the root cause of bad...
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Comedy is Deadly Serious

July 25, 2019
What makes a good comedy? Some people might think funny actors or funny scenes, but study any great comedy movie and you’ll find that the...
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The Hero Is Never Alone

July 22, 2019
It’s easy to focus on your hero and create a story solely around the hero’s actions. However if you do that, you’ll risk creating a...
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What the Hero Really Needs

July 19, 2019
Every hero has two goals. The first goal is the most obvious one. The second goal is the real goal the hero needs, which the...
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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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