SAVE THE CAT genres for curren...
I just saw trailers for five new movies which all fit clear “Save the Cat” subgenres – my favorite tool for...
read moreI just saw trailers for five new movies which all fit clear “Save the Cat” subgenres – my favorite tool for...
read moreA writer I work with as a consultant recently shared a phrase with me that came from her friend Craig Hammill (thanks, Craig!),...
read moreI presented workshops for a third straight year at the 2011 Screenwriting Expo, at the Westin LAX in Los Angeles. Great new...
read moreI had a great time presenting workshops, speaking and hearing writers’ ideas at the Willamette Writers Conference in Portland,...
read moreI’ve begun teaching as an Adjunct Faculty for National University’s online Master of Fine Arts in Professional...
read moreA week from Saturday I’ll be speaking (and offering private consultations) at the eighth annual Great American PitchFest &...
read moreIn my work pitching series ideas and writing pilots (and on good days, selling them to networks such as NBC and Fox), I've learned a few things about what they're looking for, and what makes an idea sellable - as well as what a successful pilot script tends to include...
read moreI’ll be teaching a class at this annual event on Saturday morning, June 4, in Burbank – and also will be available for...
read moreThe single most devastating note I could ever hear on one of my scripts (if readers were brutally honest enough to say it), would be,...
read moreThe folks at Blake Snyder Enterprises asked me to do a beat sheet of THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT for the Save the Cat website, which they...
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