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.
From the Best of Blake’s Blogs: “The Shard of Glass”
This blog was originally posted on June 22, 2009. Lately, I have been talking a lot about the “death moment” of a script. In the script consultations I do, and in class talking with groups of writers, the “All Is Lost” moment on page 75...
“Blake’s First Law of Writing”
Our guest blogger, Rick DeMille, is a former missionary and former Marine who has worked in the computer industry and began writing a few years ago. His novel Hellfire has been published and he’s working feverishly on its sequel Coyote Midnight, along with a screenplay and...
Blake’s Script Frenzy Blog on the Midpoint
In 2008, just before he began writing his third book, Blake Snyder wrote a blog for the wonderful folks at Script Frenzy, entitled MIDPOINT – THE KEY TO CRACKING ANY STORY. In celebration of the current Script Frenzy — taking place soon, we’re proud to republish...
Logline: The Story of You
By now you probably recognize Mike Rinaldi as one of our esteemed Save the Cat! Forum moderators. Besides screenwriting, script consulting, and teaching, Mike has worked in various capacities of production on commercials, music videos, and several feature films. Expect to see Not that Funny...
Bridesmaids Beat Sheet
Our guest blogger, Erik Bork (who provided us a beat sheet on The Kids Are All Right last Oscar season), 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...
Moneyball Beat Sheet
Our thanks to Master Cat! Ben Frahm for this grand slam of a beat sheet for the film that’s been nominated for 6 Oscars, including “Writing – Adapted Screenplay.” Writers: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin (screenplay); Stan Chervin (story); Michael Lewis (book) Director: Bennett Miller Genre:...
A Case Study of Successfully Selling a Script
Our thanks to Anne Lower for introducing us to guest blogger Alejandro Seri. Alejandro and his partners, Johnny Silver and Stephen Scarlata, have their feature Final Girl about to begin production. There’s a lot to learn from how they worked to sell their script: In early...
Save the Cat!® – The New Bible for Self-Publishing
Our thanks to the wonderful Sharon Page, the USA Today bestselling author of 15 books of historical romance. She is the two-time consecutive winner of the RT BOOKreviews Reviewers’ Choice award, and a double nominee this year for her 2011 releases Engaged in Sin and Blood Wicked....
Midnight in Paris Beat Sheet
Our thanks to Master Cat Ben Frahm for this breakdown of Woody Allen’s brilliant romantic comedy. Written and Directed by: Woody Allen Genre: Out of the Bottle Characters: Gil – Owen Wilson Inez – Rachel McAdams Adriana – Marion Cotillard Paul – Michael Sheen 1....
The Greater Goal
Today’s guest blogger, Bradford Richardson, started in features as the Lead Graphic Designer for the Coen Brothers’ Fargo, then The Big Lebowski. His other projects included Tim Burton’s unfinished Superman Lives. He transitioned into screenwriting and became a two-time Austin Film Festival Second-Rounder and a...
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