The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Story Structure is the Key

August 22, 2018
Here’s how Hollywood thinks they can make a movie better: Add more special effects Hire more A-list stars Hire a “hot” director Hire more writers...
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Show the Hero’s Fate

August 19, 2018
In every story, the hero has something at stake and the story is about whether the hero will succeed or not. In most cases, we...
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Repetition to Keep Upping the Stakes

August 13, 2018
In a good song, the melody gets repeated multiple times in different ways. Stories are similar. Study any good movie and you’ll find that it...
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Keep It Real

August 8, 2018
People enjoy watching movies to escape their ordinary lives, but sometimes ordinary lives can be the most fascinating way to escape. The goal isn’t to...
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Characters with No Goals

August 5, 2018
The key to writing an interesting story is to give goals to all your main characters. The weakest type of story is where the hero...
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The Structure of Novels vs. Screenplays

August 2, 2018
There’s a reason why many novels don’t translate well into movies. It’s because of the fundamental nature of novels. In a novel, the main goal...
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Action is More Than Activity

July 30, 2018
Watch bad action movies and you see nothing but special effects and frenetic movement but not story. That shows that action alone is never enough....
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Focus on Emotional Change First

July 25, 2018
“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” had the potential of being a bad movie. Instead of focusing on action like the original “Jumanji” movie, “Jumanji: Welcome...
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Everyone’s Pursuing the Same Goal

July 22, 2018
Every story is really about the same goal. The goal may not be exactly identical, but the goal is similar. For example, in “Ant Man...
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Focus on Basic Scenes First

July 19, 2018
Movies are a visual medium so it’s far more important to see something interesting rather than hear dialogue. Too often, novices use dialogue as 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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