Inspiration

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On Being a Professional Writer

July 19, 2013

To be a professional writer, you don’t necessarily need skill and talent. You just need passion and desire to write and tell a story. Since...

Learning by Screwing Up

July 5, 2013

In case you’re wondering, this site is undergoing major remodeling because I screwed up. While trying to update WordPress that runs this web site, something...

How to Write a Screenplay in 15 Minutes a Day

June 25, 2013

If I told you that you could write a screenplay in 15 minutes a day, you might scoff. However, it’s true. If you take 15...

Dealing with Discouragement

May 13, 2013

Writer’s Block, discouragement, whatever you want to call it, some days nothing will seem to be going your way. Now what are you going to...

Commercial vs. Art

March 15, 2013

Hollywood has already chosen the best pictures of the year at the Golden Globes and Oscars, but how come the best pictures always seem to...

Getting Started

March 8, 2013

Before you start writing, take a moment to think through your story first. Only after you have defined the framework of your story and know...

Protecting Your Story

March 2, 2013

Hollywood is famous for taking a writer’s story, twisting it apart, and churning out something completely different than what the writer intended — and then...

Marketing Your Screenplay

February 24, 2013

The best screenplay in the world is useless if you can’t sell it. Here are some ideas for improving your chances of success. There’s an...

The Only Thing You Can Control

February 12, 2013

Actor, comedian, and writer Steve Martin had a suggestion when someone asked him how to break into show business. He said, “Be so good that...

Promoting Your Screenplay

January 18, 2013

A screenplay is like a website. If nobody knows it exists, nobody will ever see it and if nobody ever sees it, it can never...

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.