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Anatomy of Story

August 31, 2010August 31, 2010Anatomy of Story, Save the Cat, screenwriting, The Moral Premise

I finished John Truby’s Anatomy of Story yesterday. It is quite a different read than Save the Cat! but still a very informative and valuable read. It doesn’t have the same conversational style or Blake’s

New Additions to the Library

August 17, 2010August 17, 2010Anatomy of Story, books, screenwriting, The Moral Premise

As a reward to myself for submitting my synopsis to the Marza Story Circus Competition, I ordered some screenwriting books off Amazon a couple of weeks ago. Well, they arrived today! I ordered Dr Stan D Williams’

Toy Story 3 and Act Structure

July 30, 2010July 30, 2010act, Save the Cat, structure, Toy Story 3

Not only does a closer examination of Toy Story 3 provide good insight into genre conventions, it is also a very good example of the act structure that Blake wrote about in Save the Cat! He

Toy Story 3 and Genre

July 16, 2010July 16, 2010genre, Save the Cat, Toy Story 3

Watched Toy Story 3 last night. WOW! Just shows you what happens when you nail the story BEFORE production. This, to me, is the secret of Pixar’s success. Because they make animations, they absolutely, positively

Story Structure and Formula One

July 12, 2010July 12, 2010design, formula, formulaic, structure, The Moral Premise

So, Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix the other day – despite having to give up part of his car to teammate Sebastian Vettel. The drama of the F1 circuit. Wait a minute! Drama.

Story Competition

June 30, 2010March 26, 2021Competition

I just checked my email and saw this competition announced on the Raindance newsletter. Looks pretty cool, and it doesn’t require a complete script, just a synopsis of your story. If you’ve got an idea

Debate: Terminated

June 24, 2010June 24, 2010Beat, Catalyst, Debate, Save the Cat

What does a story lose if the Debate beat is not handled properly, or if it is absent completely? To answer that question I will firstly describe what the Debate beat is, for those who

Terminated!

May 27, 2010May 27, 2010Debate, Save the Cat, screenwriting, structure

My beautiful wife just bought me Save the Cat! Strikes Back, the last of Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat! trilogy, and it got me to thinking about the whole structure ‘argument’ again. Surely it can’t be that

BEAT SHEET: Robin Hood (2010)

May 17, 2010May 17, 2010analysis, Beat Sheet, movie, movies, Robin Hood, Save the Cat

Spoiler Alert: The following is an analysis of the movie Robin Hood and deals with most of the events of the movie. Consider the whole article a spoiler. Robin Hood (2010) Directed by Ridley ScottWritten