BJ Markel
BJ Markel first worked with Blake Snyder in 1986. He edited Blake's three Save the Cat! books and co-founded Blake Snyder Enterprises, LLC with Blake in 2005. In his other life, BJ worked in video acquisitions and entertainment marketing, including 20 years at the Walt Disney Company.
The Last Time I Spoke with Blake – Tracey Jackson
My last words to Blake: “U r too funny.” And he was.
From the Best of Blake’s Blogs: One Idea
One idea, well told, is actually the way to make your script more meaningful.
Mark Rupprecht Sells a Script
We just heard from screenwriter Mark Rupprecht: I wanted you to know that I just sold my short, Heavener. I had been working on it as a feature for a few years and struggled with its structure. When I read Blake’s book, the script...
Is There a Hieronymus in Your Future?
I am 44 and I am exactly where I wished I was when I was a kid with a super-8.
The New Save the Cat!® apps for iPhone, iTouch and iPad
Save the Cat!® for the iPhone has been rewritten from the ground up so you can carry your screenplay ideas with you wherever you go whether you use an iPod, iPhone, iPhone 5 or an iPad. It’s a single app that adapts to whichever...
Erik Bork on Finding the Right Genre
Guest blogger Erik Bork is best known for his work as a writer-producer on the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and From the Earth to the Moon – for which he won two Emmy and two Golden Globe Awards. He has also written pilots and screenplays on...
Jeremy Garelick Sells Buddy Comedy
Congrats to STC! friend Jeremy Garelick, who will make his feature directing debut on a currently untitled comedy to be produced by Screen Gems and Miramax. The film was originally written as The Golden Tux by Garelick and Jay Lavender. Miramax’s Adam Fields and Will...
Hurry Up and Wait: Pacing Yourself and Your Story
Guest blogger Hope Tarr is the award-winning author of more than 20 contemporary and historical romance novels including Operation Cinderella, the launch to her Suddenly Cinderella series for Entangled Publishing and Sugar, a contemporary erotic romance co-authored with Jenna Jameson (Skyhorse, October 2013). She is...
Save the Cat!® Video: José Silerio on Beat 15 – Final Image
Master Cat! José Silerio discusses the 15th beat in the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet — Final Image — in this video from the Save the Cat! one-day event in Los Angeles this past January.
Save the Cat!® Video: José Silerio on Beat 1- Opening Image
Master Cat! José Silerio discusses the first beat in the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet — Opening Image — in this video from the Save the Cat! one-day event in Los Angeles this past January.
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