Blake Snyder
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“Our mission is selling your script…”
Here’s Johnny… I have been on tour for the last week “bringin’ the Cat!” to the Chicago area. It’s nice to be back in the blogosphere — please excuse the delay. Had a great book signing at Borders in Deerfield on Friday night. Wow! What...
Whose Movie Is It?
Here is a great article from the LA Times, spotted by Jim Nakahama. It presents an alternate “Auteur Theory” — that being one that says maybe it’s the screenwriter who should be given the credit as a film’s “creator.” The pros and cons on this...
Chicago, Chicago….
I will be in Chicago the last weekend of February and the first weekend of March and I am really excited! The first, February 25 and 26, is a day-long talk called “Cracking The Code: Why Today’s Hollywood Needs You.” If you are in the...
It’s Happenin’
“Did you know they’re using your book at _______?” This information was whispered to me the other day to let me know that Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need is now officially in use at the studio level. I was...
February Blues
February is a traditional dumping ground for movies the studios aren’t sure what to do with. Two of my films landed there in the chilly midst of winter — dang it! But the facts are these: There are few really big hits that launch in...
The “Death” of High Concept
Every once in a while we aspiring screenwriters question our methods. If Hollywood is making a lot of “high concept” movies that fail, is the high concept movie dead? And in a world that is changing, where movies might soon be seen on iPods instead...
Here, There, and Everywhere — All at the Same Time!
I am making appearances everywhere this week, sometimes in places I am not even in… let me explain: 1. Yesterday I was priviledged to speak to Will Akers’ screenwriting class at Vanderbilt University in Nashville via cell phone while I was driving the hazardous 405...
Double Mumbo Jumbo Muddle
I propose that as an audience we can only buy one piece of magic per movie. You cannot have aliens land and then be bitten by vampires and become both alien and undead. Not fair. That to me is a “cheat” in writing and disses...
Oscar Forecast Anyone?
It was the best of times, it was…. well, I think you know. On the same day I read (Peter Bart in Variety) that Hollywood will produce LESS films in the next two years, citing “product glut” as the key reason for audience drop-off, we...
Success with The Board!
Those new to this site and the Save the Cat! oeuvre, will no doubt wonder what The Board is. We have a couple of pictures posted of smiling seminar students in front of their Boards, and what a happy bunch they are! The Board is...
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