K-Tock's Korner

Thoughts on screenwriting and the movies

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

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