Comments for Save the Cat!® http://www.blakesnyder.com The Last Website on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:21:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on A Case Study of Successfully Selling a Script by Captain http://www.blakesnyder.com/2012/02/03/a-case-study-of-successfully-selling-a-script/comment-page-1/#comment-162812 Captain Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:52:12 +0000 http://www.blakesnyder.com/?p=6226#comment-162812 I am So impressed with S,S,and S. Did you use a phone book when you located your partners? I calculated the time it takes to do things and what the 3S partners accomplish like it's nothing. I can only figure that your days are longer out there in California. My sincere compliments to you. Captain I am So impressed with S,S,and S.
Did you use a phone book when you located your partners? I calculated the time it takes to do things and what the 3S partners accomplish like it’s nothing. I can only figure that your days are longer out there in California.
My sincere compliments to you.
Captain

]]> Comment on A Case Study of Successfully Selling a Script by Alejandro Seri http://www.blakesnyder.com/2012/02/03/a-case-study-of-successfully-selling-a-script/comment-page-1/#comment-162809 Alejandro Seri Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:13:04 +0000 http://www.blakesnyder.com/?p=6226#comment-162809 Hi Simon, Thanks! Having partners, especially when you still hold a day job, really helps a lot. Using a well-written drama to open doors for your other genre material can also work out nicely. Dramas can prove that you can handle characters, themes and dialogue. Unfortunately, the dramas rarely get produced these days, so you need to expand your arsenal with genre material. You should do well shopping a female thriller, especially if you can keep the budget under $1.5 million. They are shooting Final Girl in Vancouver, although I doubt we will be going up there. Our job is done at this point. Good luck! Alejandro Seri Hi Simon,

Thanks! Having partners, especially when you still hold a day job, really helps a lot. Using a well-written drama to open doors for your other genre material can also work out nicely. Dramas can prove that you can handle characters, themes and dialogue. Unfortunately, the dramas rarely get produced these days, so you need to expand your arsenal with genre material. You should do well shopping a female thriller, especially if you can keep the budget under $1.5 million. They are shooting Final Girl in Vancouver, although I doubt we will be going up there. Our job is done at this point. Good luck!

Alejandro Seri

]]> Comment on A Case Study of Successfully Selling a Script by Simon Abbott http://www.blakesnyder.com/2012/02/03/a-case-study-of-successfully-selling-a-script/comment-page-1/#comment-162807 Simon Abbott Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:11:32 +0000 http://www.blakesnyder.com/?p=6226#comment-162807 Very inspiring - what this also shows is that it makes a huge difference when you are not alone. The other thing is using one screenplay to promote another - excellent strategy. I have a good female thriller that I'm sending out - and have almost finished an action script. Guess it's time to get out there and meet some people. I'm in Vancouver so if you guys happen to be here some time, I would love to say hello. Very inspiring - what this also shows is that it makes a huge difference when you are not alone. The other thing is using one screenplay to promote another - excellent strategy. I have a good female thriller that I’m sending out - and have almost finished an action script. Guess it’s time to get out there and meet some people. I’m in Vancouver so if you guys happen to be here some time, I would love to say hello.

]]> Comment on A Cat! and Her Batman Fan Film by Susan Modregon http://www.blakesnyder.com/2012/01/20/a-cat-and-her-batman-fan-film/comment-page-1/#comment-162755 Susan Modregon Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:45:38 +0000 http://www.blakesnyder.com/?p=6234#comment-162755 DARN, I thought I posted a response a while back. Looks like it didn't work. I hope you're still watching this, Jennifer. But you shouldn't be so modest. You must know something. How did you solve the problem with your Batman story? And you've had other stories you put out successfully. Has the problem come up before? DARN, I thought I posted a response a while back. Looks like it didn’t work. I hope you’re still watching this, Jennifer. But you shouldn’t be so modest. You must know something. How did you solve the problem with your Batman story? And you’ve had other stories you put out successfully. Has the problem come up before?

]]> Comment on Save the Cat!® – The New Bible for Self-Publishing by Melody Lopez http://www.blakesnyder.com/2012/01/27/save-the-cat%c2%ae-%e2%80%93-the-new-bible-for-self-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-162704 Melody Lopez Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:22:28 +0000 http://www.blakesnyder.com/?p=6039#comment-162704 look at how everyone has responded to this blog... way to go CAT NATION! MEOW look at how everyone has responded to this blog… way to go CAT NATION!

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]]> Comment on Save the Cat!® – The New Bible for Self-Publishing by Sharon Page http://www.blakesnyder.com/2012/01/27/save-the-cat%c2%ae-%e2%80%93-the-new-bible-for-self-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-162690 Sharon Page Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:50:48 +0000 http://www.blakesnyder.com/?p=6039#comment-162690 Hi Susan, You are exactly right--now it is more of a choice. Now that it has been seen authors can be successful, the stigma has disappeared. I think you have a great idea to get your lyrics out--and you retain control over the rights. Self-publishing is a great venue for niche ideas that are hard to place somewhere else--where there is a readership, but publishers are wary beccause they aren't sure on the size of the market. Hi Susan,
You are exactly right–now it is more of a choice. Now that it has been seen authors can be successful, the stigma has disappeared. I think you have a great idea to get your lyrics out–and you retain control over the rights. Self-publishing is a great venue for niche ideas that are hard to place somewhere else–where there is a readership, but publishers are wary beccause they aren’t sure on the size of the market.

]]> Comment on Save the Cat!® – The New Bible for Self-Publishing by Susan Modregon http://www.blakesnyder.com/2012/01/27/save-the-cat%c2%ae-%e2%80%93-the-new-bible-for-self-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-162553 Susan Modregon Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:49:14 +0000 http://www.blakesnyder.com/?p=6039#comment-162553 Thanks for the suggestions. I have been thinking about self publishing to a degree now that with e-books you don't have to buy a ton of books that may or may not sell and worry about delivery or whatever. And it used to be thought of that self publishing was selling yourself short cuz you couldn't get a publisher. But now it's more a choice. I've thought most about gathering a collection of verse. Song lyrics really. But I have no means of recording, so this would be a way to get them out. And they are the most ready. $10 per poem is so unappealing the conventional route. And I suspect self-publishing wouldn't hold me back from doing more with them later. And if the book gained enough interest maybe some doors would open to recording. But who would buy a book with a bunch of verse? That's not a story, I thought. Then I thought, yes it is. Every good song tells a story with a set up, midpoint; I even have a whiff of death in one off the top of my head. And the collection is a larger story. But I really liked your title suggestions with key words and fairy tale tropes. That gave me the best ideas. Before I thought why would somebody buy "Susan's Collection of Lyrics and Poems" Who's Susan? Who cares? And showing scenes like samples would work well here. I think the best title I thought of is... It's a Bounty-full of Life~horrors, love, and faith. (A collection of relatable verse to today with fresh insight.) I think there's some irony there if you detect what the title mirrors. Even the key words are separated by irony. But I wonder, how many pages would make a suitable book? Thanks for the suggestions. I have been thinking about self publishing to a degree now that with e-books you don’t have to buy a ton of books that may or may not sell and worry about delivery or whatever. And it used to be thought of that self publishing was selling yourself short cuz you couldn’t get a publisher. But now it’s more a choice. I’ve thought most about gathering a collection of verse. Song lyrics really. But I have no means of recording, so this would be a way to get them out. And they are the most ready. $10 per poem is so unappealing the conventional route. And I suspect self-publishing wouldn’t hold me back from doing more with them later. And if the book gained enough interest maybe some doors would open to recording. But who would buy a book with a bunch of verse? That’s not a story, I thought. Then I thought, yes it is. Every good song tells a story with a set up, midpoint; I even have a whiff of death in one off the top of my head. And the collection is a larger story.

But I really liked your title suggestions with key words and fairy tale tropes. That gave me the best ideas. Before I thought why would somebody buy “Susan’s Collection of Lyrics and Poems” Who’s Susan? Who cares? And showing scenes like samples would work well here. I think the best title I thought of is…
It’s a Bounty-full of Life~horrors, love, and faith.
(A collection of relatable verse to today with fresh insight.)
I think there’s some irony there if you detect what the title mirrors. Even the key words are separated by irony. But I wonder, how many pages would make a suitable book?

]]> Comment on Save the Cat!® – The New Bible for Self-Publishing by Sharon Page http://www.blakesnyder.com/2012/01/27/save-the-cat%c2%ae-%e2%80%93-the-new-bible-for-self-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-162496 Sharon Page Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:19:00 +0000 http://www.blakesnyder.com/?p=6039#comment-162496 Hi Bob Thanks--sometimes the writing business always definitely seems like a struggle. What has amazed me talking to many authors who appeared to have these straight-line, upward reaching careers, is that their journey was more of a roller coaster :-) I know several who have "reinvented" themselves many times. So having more options as a writer is definitely a good thing. Hi Bob
Thanks–sometimes the writing business always definitely seems like a struggle. What has amazed me talking to many authors who appeared to have these straight-line, upward reaching careers, is that their journey was more of a roller coaster :-) I know several who have “reinvented” themselves many times. So having more options as a writer is definitely a good thing.

]]> Comment on Save the Cat!® – The New Bible for Self-Publishing by Bob Conder http://www.blakesnyder.com/2012/01/27/save-the-cat%c2%ae-%e2%80%93-the-new-bible-for-self-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-162437 Bob Conder Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:34:13 +0000 http://www.blakesnyder.com/?p=6039#comment-162437 Thanks for the blog, it brings new hope to those who struggle. Thanks for the blog, it brings new hope to those who struggle.

]]> Comment on Save the Cat!® – The New Bible for Self-Publishing by Sharon Page http://www.blakesnyder.com/2012/01/27/save-the-cat%c2%ae-%e2%80%93-the-new-bible-for-self-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-162422 Sharon Page Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:05:06 +0000 http://www.blakesnyder.com/?p=6039#comment-162422 Hi James Congratulations and thanks. The big change seemed to come when people realized real money could be made with self-publishing :-) Hi James
Congratulations and thanks. The big change seemed to come when people realized real money could be made with self-publishing :-)

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