Blake Snyder’s website has announced the Blake passed away this morning Tuesday August 4th from cardiac arrest pulimary embolism. I can’t really even begin to process this news. I just stopped by his blog literally after writing the previous post to insert the link… I am stunned. I had the good fortune to take his [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Blake Snyder’
7 Aug
WIP: and we’re walking…
Friday morning. I got a good amount of work done last night. I didn’t actually *finish* the bones draft – yeah, yeah. However I took the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet which is 15 main beats and filled in all the blanks. Blake’s contention is that in a 110 page script there are 15 beats/events that [...]
31 Mar
wip: new directions
This past weekend was my Save the Cat! workshop with Blake Snyder. Wow. Totally worth the price of admission. I’ve attended more than my fair share of writer’s workshops and I have to say this format (and this particular group) is light-years ahead of anything else out there. Blake began by having everyone do the [...]
20 Mar
friday musings
It’s March and in Southern California that means it’s beach weather again. As such I decided to update the old avatar: When I dig through my closet I find that I have a disproportionately large amount of teal colored items, so this particular outfit naturally caught my eye. I love the little sandals – I’m going [...]
12 Nov
holy crap
Bless me readers for I have sinned; it’s been over a month since my last confession… Oops. Sooo much going on right now. I got caught up in the election hulabaloo (who didn’t?). I just checked and I apparently haven’t touched Tucker since October 24. So much for making my self imposed RWA GH deadline. [...]