Introducing 2 New Beat Sheet Workshops
The Austin Screenwriting Beat Sheet Workshop — February 19-20 Screenwriter Alvaro Rodriguez will be leading our Workshop in Austin, Texas. Al completed two Save the Cat! writing workshops with friend and mentor Blake Snyder in 2008 and 2009 and became a contributor to this site in 2009....
Get Discovered! It’s as Easy as Logging into Your Facebook Page.
Today’s guest blogger, Cindy McCreery, is a graduate of the Walt Disney/ABC Feature Writing Fellowship program for the 2002-2003 year. Her script Powder Puffs got her into the program and was sold to Disney after she finished the fellowship. After that sale, Cindy sold her...
Adam Levenberg: Introducing The Starter Screenplay
Adam Levenberg is a former development executive who consults on feature film projects for top producers, actors, and screenwriters. His first book, The Starter Screenplay — the ultimate resource to help you determine “what should I write next?” is available now at www.thestarterscreenplay.com. “Does the...
The King’s Speech Beat Sheet
Thanks to Master Cat! Ben Frahm for this breakdown of the film that’s on so many Ten Best Lists: Screenplay by: David Seidler Directed by: Tom Hooper Based on an unproduced play by the same name. Genre: Fool Triumphant: Political Fool Logline: The story of...
A Newly Discovered Interview with Blake
Today’s Guest Blogger is Alexander Volkov, a 35 year-old Russian screenwriter and the creator of the “Pogonya za Angelom (Runaway Angel)” TV series, which ran on one of the Russian major TV channels, NTV, and got the highest rating among all the projects of NTV channel in...
‘Dragon’ Wins 10 Annies
Congrats to Dean DeBlois, co-writer and co-director of DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon, which just won 10 Annies, including Best Animated Picture, Best Directing in a Feature Production, and Best Writing in a Feature Production. Dragon is dedicated to Blake, and Dean’s written on this site:...
Author Kimber An: How Blake Snyder Brought Order to the Chaos of My Imagination
Today’s Guest Blogger is Author Kimber An, whose ebook, Sugar Rush, was published in October. Kimber lives in Alaska with her husband and four children. She has lots of pearls of wisdom. Our favorites are: “Can’t count to five with my mittens on” and “The...
Anne Lower: Writers Rewrite
Today’s guest blogger, Anne Lower, is a true friend of STC! Anne was mentored by Blake, worked with us for a wonderfully collaborative period, and is a brilliant and articulate member of the writing community. This piece was originally run on Anne’s blog, Princess Scribe;...
From the Best of Blake’s Blogs: “One Story”
Every once in a while, we’ll reach into the archives for one of Blake Snyder’s inspirational blogs. The following was first published on March 17, 2008, after Blake spoke to a very large gathering at Disney Animation: I had the opportunity to speak to an...
The Social Network Beat Sheet
Our thanks to Master Cat! Ben Frahm for this masterful breakdown of Aaron Sorkin‘s screenplay, directed by David Fincher: Spoiler alert! Opening Image (1): At a Harvard bar, Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) talks with his girlfriend, Erica Albright (Rooney Mara): sweet, kind, and wholesome. Mark...
