The 15 Minute Movie Method

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How to Be Like Walt

July 15, 2019
Walt Disney created an entire movie empire based on cartoons and then on live-action films. Disney also created the amazing Disneyland theme park that’s the...
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The Middle Twist

July 9, 2019
Divide every story in half. In the first half (Acts I and IIa), everything appears to be going according to plan. Then in the second...
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Multiple Characters Pursue One Goal

July 6, 2019
The quickest way to write a bad screenplay is to have multiple character who either exist solely to help the hero or to have multiple...
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Think on a Budget

July 3, 2019
Watch episodes of the original Twilight Zone series that ran from 1959 to 1964. Because TV show budgets were limited, they couldn’t afford to travel...
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Create an Interesting Dilemma

June 30, 2019
Before you start writing anything, take a moment to make sure your story has an interesting dilemma. An interesting dilemma forces the hero to choose...
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Problems and Solutions

June 25, 2019
The way to tell an interesting story is to use a four-part story structure like this: Problem occurs Solution found Bigger problem occurs New solution...
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Study Novels

June 22, 2019
When author Michael Blake wrote the screenplay “Dances with Wolves,” nobody in Hollywood cared. So Michael Blake rewrote his screenplay as a novel and got...
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The Four Part Story Structure of the Hero

June 19, 2019
Every story needs a hero. In novels, you can have multiple heroes but in movies, you need one hero but you can have multiple characters...
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From Idea to Plot

June 16, 2019
It’s easy to come up with lots of interesting ideas. It’s much harder to take those good ideas and turn them into a story with...
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Identify People, Places, and Things

June 13, 2019
Every story needs certain people, places, and things. People represent the people the hero needs for help. In “The Karate Kid,” the hero needs a...
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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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