The 15 Minute Movie Method

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How to Turn a Rough Idea Into a Full-Fledged Story

August 18, 2024
When you have an idea for a story, you never know the complete story. Instead, you often have a single scene or individual action that...
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Define Your Entire Story in the Opening Scene

August 14, 2024
The opening scene is the most crucial scene because it’s the first impression an audience has with your story. Although the audience may not be...
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Learning From Lousy Movies

August 10, 2024
Screenwriting classes almost always focus on great movies for students to study. While this can show students what makes a movie great, sometimes it’s easier...
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Create Funnier Comedy By Focusing on the Characters

August 6, 2024
Comedy can be one of the hardest genres to write because you must consistently keep an audience laughing. That’s why most comedies are only 90...
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Tighten Tension with Unity in Time and Place

August 2, 2024
Imagine being buried alive in a coffin underground. That’s the premise of a movie called “Buried” where Ryan Reynolds plays an American truck driver who...
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Every Scene Should Reflect the Story Genre

July 28, 2024
Watch a great movie and you’ll see that every scene reflects the story genre. Then watch a bad movie and you’ll find that many scenes...
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Every Scene Should Force a Decision or Show Motivation

July 24, 2024
Every scene should tell a mini-story that moves the story forward. Two ways a scene can move a story forward is to force characters into...
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Learn From Mediocre Movies

July 20, 2024
When you watch a classic like “Casablanca,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” or “It’s Wonderful Life,” it’s easy to feel intimidated by how well written the story...
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The Toughest Villain is Your Friend

July 16, 2024
In a villain-driven story, such as a James Bond movie, the villain pursues a dangerous goal and the hero has to stop them. Think of...
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The Essence of Making a TV Show

July 12, 2024
Many people are interested in writing a screenplay for a movie but many more seem interested in creating their own TV show. Neither goal is...
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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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