Best Job in the World
I just wrote the following sentence in an action slug:"She punches a DOOR RELEASE and an ARMY of ALIEN ZOMBIES rushes into the docking bay, overrunning and killing Tybalt."In many ways, I have the best job in the world.*****From the Save the Cat Community, auntieant says:Break into 3 is actually ...
Tie Breaker
The one thing that's missing in Save the Cat is the 5-point finale. And it's free, here (in .pdf form) from chapter 3 of Save the Cat Strikes Back. If structure is your problem (and there are writers for whom it's not. I hate them.) then the Blake Snyder Beat ...
Review of GH1
Here's a review of the Panasonic GH1 which I've probably posted before but is so important I'm posting it again.Here's a review of the Panasonic GH1 which I've probably posted before but is so important I'm posting it again, yep.Here's a review of the Panasonic GH1 which I've probably posted ...
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Toon It is a Photoshop plugin for making images "cartooned" from Digital Anarchy. I'm wondering if this might work for Fly By Night.Short film Aviatrix (via Bill.)The third Save the Cat book is coming out -- Save the Cat Strikes Back. Sure, the first one is the last book on ...
Obama = … whatever
It's critically important to remember the 5-step finale. It's the missing section of Save the Cat.You are low on your Olja Hrustic. She was in Millennium Crisis. Oh, and Werewolf Women of the S.S. ;-)The best (NSFW) Twitterfeed evah.I'm 44 and up until now I thought that ponies were adolescent ...
Banned by Bunny Butt
Lost in Schlock h/t's me!I thought I would set up my Twitter to take a feed from my blog and for Facebook to import my blog via "notes". Both those things worked but as my blog is not safe for work I figured Facebook would just close down my account ...
Snarking
OK, one really sad thing about the Save the Cat software is that little windows will occasionally pop up saying things like "Still having trouble with your story? Email me at Blake246@aol.com. I'd be glad to help!" I never even met the man and that makes me choke up a ...
Building a City
The multi-talented Alex Sherman is creating the look of our city in Clonehunter.Here is a test he did in Blender. With the amount that I've been hating on Maya lately, I could certainly be persuaded to go back to Blender.*************Last night I re-attached my rebuilt and fixed (after the horrible ...
Blake Snyder 1952-2009
Blake Snyder, the author of Save the Cat -- The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, died today.In two weeks I was going to meet Blake at his seminar here in New York.I'm saddened by this sudden loss.I'd only emailed a couple times with Blake but he did send ...
Of the Greatest Importance
Here's an incredibly important piece of information which everyone should know. I'm glad I have your attention.Most Gibson Les Paul guitars have a 1 11/16" nut. A few guitars made in the 60's had 1 5/8" nuts. But more importantly, my guitar has a 1 11/16th nut.I went and ordered ...