The 15 Minute Movie Method

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The Inciting Incident

May 16, 2017
Every story begins with the villain failing to achieve a goal. Sometimes this failure is because something happens but sometimes this failure is just because...
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Defining the Genre, Sub-Genre, and Time

May 13, 2017
The best way to write a story is to stay focused. Every story falls into a specific genre such as: Comedy – laughter Horror –...
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Facing the Past in the End of Act IIb

May 10, 2017
You can structure a typical 120-minute movie into four acts of 30-minute increments like this: Act I — 0 – 30 minutes Act IIa — 30 –...
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Plotting the Change in the Hero

May 7, 2017
Your hero needs to gradually change over the course of the story. In Act I, you must introduce the hero’s main problem. Then in Act...
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The Book vs. the Movie

May 4, 2017
One of the more popular dystopian youth novels is “The 5th Wave” by Rick Yancey. Yet one of the worst dystopian youth movies was also...
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When to Provide Exposition and Backstory

May 1, 2017
In the old days of Victorian-style stage plays, a butler and maid would come on stage and set a table while chatting among themselves about...
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Don’t Forget the Backstory

April 28, 2017
Backstory is what happened to your main characters before your story even begins. Since backstory is rarely shown, it’s often ignored. Unfortunately if you ignore...
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In the Beginning

April 25, 2017
In the beginning of every story, the audience must know what the hero wants. Typically in the first fifteen minutes we learn what the hero...
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Go For the Emotional Impact

April 22, 2017
What makes a film like “Titanic” or “La La Land” so popular? It’s the emotional impact each story leaves yo with at the end. When...
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Change Your Hero in Each Act

April 19, 2017
The best part about any story is when the hero changes into a better person. To highlight that change, make sure the hero changes in...
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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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