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Tag Archives: Blake Snyder
A Royal Match
I’ve been pretty quiet. I’m approaching the finish line with a script polish; in addition, I spent a wonderful weekend in ye olde Save the Cat! writing room, this time with novelist Jessica Brody, listening as she beautifully articulated how Blake’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, contest, Hollywood, Jeff Nathanson, Jessica Brody, log line, Robin Swicord, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Story, story structure, The Dialogue, writing
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Danger! Multitasking Zone Ahead! plus a recipe
Last Wednesday, I decided to throw myself into culinary abandon, and whip up a most savory of suppers. Earlier that day, I had banged out several pages of a spec comedy after abandoning the previous style that my partner and … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, Cooking, Hollywood, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Story
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What a Week!
You may have noticed that HRH has been a wee silent this last week. Not because I have little to say – heaven forbid that – but, instead, I’ve been very, very busy. My partner and I have been prepping … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, Hollywood, Horror, managers, market, movies, producers, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script Chat, Story, writing
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Think Like a Playwright
The experience of sitting on Sunday’s panel at IFFF is still resonating and reverberating deep within me. One thing that startled me was the reaction of the audience, in regard to my sharing that our team is currently bypassing representation … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, film, Hollywood, movies, Playwright, Procrastination, rewrite, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Script Chat, Story, story structure, WGA, Write On, writing
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Action!
Last week, I ranted about various reasons why a script may not survive market. One of of the biggest challenges a screenwriter faces is overwriting. It’s a common occurrence; ye gods, my first screenplay? Stinky. Overwritten to excess. Filled with … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, lines of action, Oscar Wilde, overwriting, Save the Cat, Screenplay, Screenwriting, Write On, writing
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Winding It Up
Ah, pitch season approacheth. That time of year when screenwriters ’round the globe spend their hard-earned dollars on that oh-so-tantalizing event, the pitch fest. What is a pitch fest? Simply put, it is a happening at which writers cough up … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, Charlie Sheen, film, Hollywood, movies, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Story, writing
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Playing it Safe
We’ve all done it, in one draft or another. Played it safe with our story. Made the world or choices too easy. Building a story may be construction, but it is construction on a site in which hazards should be … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, Christopher Nolan, Hollywood, rewrite, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Story, writing
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It’s Not a Script – Part 3
You have nurtured your script lovingly. You have learned to not protect your characters. You have built arcs, engineered jaw-dropping twists. You have written and rewritten. Your feedback is incorporated. You have typed FADE TO BLACK for the very last … Continue reading
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Tagged Actors, Blake Snyder, Dialogue, Hollywood, Romany Malco, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Story, story structure, Table read, Theatre, Will Akers, writing
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Book Review – The Starter Screenplay
Earlier this year, I had the immense pleasure of sitting down for a cup of coffee with Adam Levenberg, author of The Starter Screenplay. Levenberg is one of Hollywood’s top script consultants. He brings his years of experience in the industry … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Levenberg, Blake Snyder, film, Hitchcock, Hollywood, Save the Cat, Screenplay, Screenwriting, Val Lewton, writing
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A Season of Giving – Hometown Heroes
As a thank you to Sheridan at My PDF Scripts, I’ve deleted the posts in regard to copyright infringement et al. In the spirit of the holidays, I’m returning to this favorite post ~ HRH, Princess Scribe Every now and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond Shelter, Blake Snyder, Charity, Homeless, John Guare, Nicole Ritchie, Save the Cat, Six Degrees of Separation, Tanya Tull
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There’s a New Studio in Town…. Sort of
Last week, the wires were all abuzz post press-release announcement of the new whizbang screenplay/film competition opp – the formation of Amazon Studios. From Amazon Studios homepage: Sounds good…. or does it? I’m not so certain that I would encourage anyone to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, contests, Hollywood, Outliers, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, WGA, writing
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The Importance of Being Structured
A couple of weeks ago, I groused and grumbled about an advertisement for a writing class that had promised to help the writer take the rewrite out of the process. Apparently, this particular company is under the belief that writing … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, Hollywood, Larry Levy, Malcolm Gladwell, Miles Davis, OU, Outliers, Robert McKee, Save the Cat, Screenwriting, story structure, Syd Field, writing
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It’s Not a Script – Part 2
Let’s continue the conversation… You’ve meticulously crafted your BS2 outline. You’ve fleshed it out into 40 beats, then, with great care, expanded each one of your beats, tracking each beat as it propels into the next. You’ve honed your story, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alien, Blake Snyder, BS2, coverage, Hollywood, Josh Olsen, Save the Cat, Screenplay, Screenwriting, writing
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