The 15 Minute Movie Method

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Start When Life is About to Change

July 11, 2018
How do you start a story? First, make sure your hero changes. Then start your story right at the moment before your hero’s life changes...
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Give the Hero a Strong Goal to Pursue

July 8, 2018
Every story needs a direction. That direction comes from the hero’s emotional dream. The hero needs something emotionally and pursues a physical goal to get...
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Make the Hero Care For Someone

July 3, 2018
The most crucial element in any story is that the hero must care for someone. Omit this crucial element and you’ll wind up with an...
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Defining a Physical Goal

June 30, 2018
Every hero has an emotional dream. By achieving (or failing to achieve) this emotional dream, the hero changes into a better (or worse) person. This...
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Posing an Initial Question

June 27, 2018
Every story poses an initial question that can be answered with a yes or no. This initial question is defined by the hero’s emotional dream....
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Make Sure the Villain Gets Defeated

June 24, 2018
A story must be complete. That means every villain is defeated in some way. That doesn’t mean the villain necessarily has to die, but that...
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The Story Structure of Novels vs. Screenplays

June 22, 2018
Watch any movie based on a novel and chances are good the movie either changes part of the novel or dumps part of the novel....
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Multiple Character Changes

June 18, 2018
The worst stories occur when nobody changes. In mediocre stories, the hero may change but nobody else changes. In great stories, every main character changes...
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Make Your Story Complete

June 15, 2018
There’s a disturbing trend among many movies and books these days where they focus more on setting up possible sequels rather than telling a complete...
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Common People in Uncommon Situations (and Vice Versa)

June 12, 2018
Take a story about an ordinary person. That’s generally boring, so to make the story more interesting, put that ordinary person in extraordinary situations. These...
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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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