Has anyone heard of a book on screenwriting called Save the Cat, by Blake Snyder? My local RWA chapter is having him in to give a workshop, and I'm trying to decide if it'd be useful to me as someone who's not a screenwriter and has no aspirations to ever become one, but who is trying to write a page-turning adventure story.
Mal: Can I come in? Inara: No. Mal: See? That's why I usually don't ask.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Susan W. - Jan 07, 2008 12:26:22 pm PST #9639 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Typo Boy - Jan 07, 2008 1:23:29 pm PST #9640 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
You know what helps answer a question like that? Ask the person giving the workshop. If he is not a total jerk, he will answer honestly. And if he is a total jerk, there is a reasonable chance his reply will reveal it.
Amy - Jan 07, 2008 2:01:32 pm PST #9641 of 10001
Because books.
I haven't heard of it, Susan, but I don't know much about screenwriting either.
I think in terms of building a three-act story, though, the workshop could be really valuable. Because ten to one, he's not going to talk about script format but about story arcs.
Liese S. - Jan 08, 2008 6:03:31 pm PST #9642 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Two verses about fear.
Why I Do What I Do
(and what it’s doing to me)
He said, "Two people I know were killed this weekend."
And I just nodded.
I asked him how it happened,
but not who, for fear I knew.
Thoughts On Introversion
He called with the invitation.
I declined, of course.
And then I lied with the reason
So he'd have something reasonable to say to them.
It wasn't until later that I realized
I couldn't go because I was still working.
But I'd given an excuse
Assuming I couldn't go because of fear.
Lee - Jan 17, 2008 11:34:57 am PST #9643 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Polgara mentioned elsewhere that the Library of Congress has posted some of its photographs on Flickr
How would people feel about having a round of drabbles based on 10 or so of them?
-t - Jan 17, 2008 11:36:56 am PST #9644 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm in favor
SailAweigh - Jan 17, 2008 11:37:39 am PST #9645 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
That sounds interesting, Lee. I need fresh inspiration.
Amy - Jan 17, 2008 1:17:49 pm PST #9646 of 10001
Because books.
I would love to do that!
javachik - Jan 17, 2008 1:34:07 pm PST #9647 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Ohh, what a fabulous idear!
Ailleann - Jan 17, 2008 4:08:31 pm PST #9648 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Whee!