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The 15 Beats of Storytelling – and the Fate of Democracy

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Trish and Rob

              In his brilliant book Save the Cat, screenwriter Blake Snyder introduced the 15 beats of storytelling. In terms of the story of democracy as we head toward the Nov 2024 election, it feels like we’re now … Continue reading →

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Catalyst

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Trish and Rob

  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 →

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trump presidency in 15 Blake Snyder Movie Beats

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Trish and Rob

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 →

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Inktip and Scriptwriting

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Trish and Rob

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 →

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