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She's under there

Robin Mizell wrote 3 days ago: Today, you can find me (virtually) on the other side of the globe, in New South Wales, Australia, w … more »

Tags: Blogging, writing, Blake Snyder, Screenwriting, Scriptwriting, Marsha Durham

Save the Cat! An interview with Blake Snyder, Screenwriter1 comment

Marsha wrote 3 days ago: It is a great pleasure to introduce my first guest writer for Writing Companion, Robin Mizell. Robin … more »

Tags: Writing Experts, Writing Inspiration, Beat Sheet, Blake Snyder, critique groups, Screenwriting, Scriptwriting, story beats, Story Structure

Susan's Randoms: The Best Dog-Eared Writing Books on My Bookshelf4 comments

the5randoms wrote 1 month ago: There are certain books that change a person’s life. The Joy of Cooking is one of them. Our Bo … more »

Tags: Susan's Randoms, on writing, GMC, Writing Away, writing the breakout novel, favorite writing books

Learning storytelling from movies

Andrew Lightheart wrote 2 months ago: At the weekend, I went to see Speed Racer. Now, it’s about as fun and as serious as a Ben and … more »

Tags: presentations, Presentation Analysis, Effective Communication, Good Writing, Storytelling, Presentation, Story Structure, Movie, adaptive unconscious

A little group therapy always helps

Robin Mizell wrote 2 months ago: Blake Snyder has been a screenwriter for more than 20 years, but when he took a notion to use his ex … more »

Tags: Publishing, social networking, writing, Bea, Blake Snyder, Chuck Sambuchino, Screenwriter's & Playwright's Market, Writer's Digest Books, Writers Conference

Opening and Closing Images: Punch-Drunk Love1 comment

jasongoode wrote 5 months ago: I’ve become a fan of the new screenwriting guru on the block, Blake Snyder. His book, Save the … more »

Tags: Movies, Adam Sandler, Blake Snyder, cinematography, Emily Watson, film, P.T. Anderson, Punch Drunk Love, Robert Elswit

Story Structure from Blake Snyder8 comments

Ciara wrote 6 months ago: Presentation: Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need Presenter: Blake S … more »

Tags: Craft of Writing, Seattle RWA, writers' cramp, Writing Workshops, romance novels, writing, GSRWA, Nora Roberts, Blake Snyder

The Final Image Challenge3 comments

pooks wrote 1 year ago: Imagine my astonishment when I figured out people were coming here to read this because Unk wrote th … more »

Tags: writing, Screenwriting, Misc, Writers

More 3x5s.8 comments

pooks wrote 1 year ago: So over at One Slack Martian he’s showing off his great index cards. One of the best things ab … more »

Tags: writing, Analog, Index Cards, Misc, Office gear

What I Haven't Been Writing About9 comments

pooks wrote 2 years ago: Writing. I’m very pissed off at the entire writing process right now. Or at least, my process … more »

Tags: Index Cards, Screenwriting, StoryBoard, writing

Why the Cat?11 comments

pooks wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been asked why I’m doing this Save the Cat thing. I’ve gotten a certain amou … more »

Tags: Screenwriting, StoryBoard, writing

That Damn Cat 13 comments

pooks wrote 2 years ago: When last we saw our intrepid cat-saver, Pooks, she was … good grief, what was she doing? (ch … more »

Tags: Index Cards, Screenwriting, StoryBoard, writing

Once upon a time.... (cat-saving)7 comments

pooks wrote 2 years ago: Once upon a time I proudly posted that I’d finished my storyboard for my new script, with a … more »

Tags: Books, writing, Getting Things Done, Analog, Screenwriting, post its., Sisyphean Efforts, Index Cards

"Hey, clearly failure doesn't deter me!"7 comments

pooks wrote 2 years ago: While digging back through old posts I've stumbled across the above sentence twice, and both ti … more »

Tags: Moleskine, Getting Things Done, Analog, Hipster PDA, Sisyphean Efforts

Saving the Cat Storyboard13 comments

pooks wrote 2 years ago: Previously, in Pooks's attempts to save the cat…. I had one row of my storyboard filled ou … more »

Tags: writing, Analog, post its., Index Cards

STC Review6 comments

pooks wrote 2 years ago: By the way, I finally got around to writing a real review of save the cat in my reading blog. … more »

Tags: writing, Screenwriting

GTD while STC9 comments

pooks wrote 2 years ago: getting things done while saving the cat. I’ve come up with a logline (still being refined, b … more »

Tags: writing, Getting Things Done, Analog, Screenwriting, post its., Index Cards

More storyboarding2 comments

pooks wrote 2 years ago: Back before I was blogging, Diane and I talked about storyboard/outlining software, and how she had … more »

Tags: Football, Index Cards, Longhorns, Screenwriting, Sports, writing

Cat-Saving with the Moleskine2 comments

pooks wrote 2 years ago: Where to begin? Okay, first, what (some of you may be asking) is a Moleskine? I mentioned it here … more »

Tags: writing, Moleskine, Analog, Screenwriting, post its.


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