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Catalyst
In novels and movies, the catalyst is the event, the point in time, where an event occurs that alters the life of the protagonist. It’s the harbinger of change. Jessica Brody, in Save the Cat Writes a Novel, writes, … Continue reading
trump presidency in 15 Blake Snyder Movie Beats
In Blake Snyder’s wonderful book on screenwriting, Save the Cat, there’s a break into act 2 that he describes as entering “the upside down world,” the antithesis of act 1. And since our lives, globally and personally, are stories, trump … Continue reading
Inktip and Scriptwriting
I’m not sure how I heard about Inktip. But at some point after Hilary Hemingway and I had written a script for my novel, Ghost Key, we registered it with Writers Guild West, proof that the script is yours. I … Continue reading