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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...

Focusing on Internal Conflict

March 22, 2017

External conflict is easy to see. That’s what you see in trailers where the hero is facing the villain and lots of explosions, gunfire, and...

Emotion + Story

February 8, 2017

There’s an interesting book called “The Impact Equation” that focuses on helping people refine their ideas. While the book isn’t about screenwriting, you can still...

New Version of “The 15-Minute Movie Method” Now Available

September 26, 2016

The 5th edition of “The 15-Minute Movie Method” is now available with updated information. Much of the updated information can be freely found on this...

“Four Screenplays” by William Goldman

May 21, 2015

William Goldman has written some of the best movies in the past few decades that you can learn much about screenwriting structure by reading some...

Start With a Character

December 18, 2014

Every story is about a single character trying to solve a problem. In his book “The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells” author Ben...

Ending a Scene

December 15, 2014

Any time you end a scene, you should make sure it not only holds your audiences interest, but also intrigues them enough to keep reading...

Studying Great Movies

June 18, 2014

For my own curiosity, I decided to study several popular movies and analyze them to see what made them work. Although every script is different,...

The Three I’s of Comedy

May 16, 2014

The book “Writing the Comedy Blockbuster” lists three I’s that are important in a comedy. The first I is Inappropriate Goals. When your hero starts...

The Elements of a Great Script

April 28, 2014

Technically a scene is anything that defines a location and some type of action. You don’t want to focus on writing scenes. What you really...

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.