The 15 Minute Movie Method

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“The Sting” vs. “The Sting 2”

May 9, 2019
“The Sting” is one of the best movies to study how to maintain suspense through twists and surprises. Ten years after “The Sting” won multiple...
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Every Story is Really About Emotion

May 6, 2019
“Avengers: Endgame” has been breaking box office records since its release. While not a great movie, it’s still a very good one primarily because it...
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A Question and an Answer

May 3, 2019
Every story begins with a question. That question remains unanswered until the end, but that unanswered question is what motivates the hero into taking action...
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Same Story, Different Tone

April 29, 2019
Watch “Dr. Strangelove” and you’ll see a darkly humorous satire on the Pentagon and nuclear war planning. Yet if you read the book that “Dr....
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Put Your Hero in a Dilemma

April 23, 2019
The quickest way to create tension and suspense is to put your hero in a dilemma between two choices where each choice has advantages and...
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The Story Is More Than What It Seems

April 20, 2019
When writing a screenplay, outline the basic structure of your story. Typically a story fools the audience into thinking the story is about one thing...
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Make Sense and Answer Unanswered Questions

April 16, 2019
One of the quickest ways to jolt an audience out of a movie experience is to have illogical actions and unanswered questions. An illogical action...
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Tempt the Hero Into Being Evil

April 13, 2019
In old Saturday morning cartoons, a character would face a dilemma. That’s when an angel and a devil version of that character would appear on...
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The Tug of War on Your Hero

April 10, 2019
Every story is about emotional change based on your story’s theme. The hero starts out in a dead-end life and by the end, changes into...
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“The Kid Who Would Be King”

April 7, 2019
Watch great movies and you can learn how to craft compelling stories. Likewise, watch bad or mediocre movies and study why they don’t work. One...
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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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