http://www.blakesnyder.com The Last Website on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:48:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes the best thing we can do with an idea is... let it go! As a self-proclaimed "idea guy" l love my notebooks. I love to work 'em, to play with words and images. And yet it's often a painful truth with a bad idea that the line of least resistance ... http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/07/03/back-to-the-drawing-board/ Beats Workshop August 30-31 For Information: rich@blakesnyder.com http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/06/30/la-events/ You may call it Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3, but I call 'em "Thesis," "Anti-thesis," and "Synthesis." The three worlds of a screenplay are just that, different places with different demands. When deconstructing a script in class, or in a studio consultation, this is where I always start: the ... http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/06/30/the-three-worlds-of-wanted/ My lovely date and I saw the new Steve Carrell film Get Smart the other evening and in the middle of it, she turned to me and whispered:  "Is it All Is Lost yet?" Assuming she was asking about the movie, whew!, I replied: "One more minute," and sure enough, moments ... http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/06/26/get-smarts/ Doug Spoors A day after The Great American Pitchfest, we received this email from writer Doug Spoors. Like many of those I spoke to this past weekend, Doug found the event to be a great success. Congratulations to all! "Blake, I can't thank you enough for your input on my logline. As it turns out, I ... http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/06/25/pitchfest-success/ This year's Great American Pitchfest was terrific. The gathering out at the Marriott Burbank sponsored by Signe Olynyk and her fabulous team was even better than last year, and despite the heat -- or maybe because of it -- it was a sizzling success. And I loved, loved, loved the time ... http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/06/23/solving-the-puzzle/ Every "no" is one step closer to a "yes." That's a little motto my producer father taught me. And he knew. He proved that "get up off the mat  and hit 'em again" works.  My dad's motto is more than a lesson in persistence; it is a mathematical certainty, and a spiritual one. ... http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/06/19/closer/ I'm available. That's all I'm saying. If anyone wants my input on a movie before going into production, don't be shy... just ask. I mention this in relation to the latest installment of Indiana Jones. The dust has settled. The filmmakers are safely in profit -- they have a hit! And Indy 4 is ... http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/06/16/why-1-and-3-beat-2-and-4/ Next Saturday morning at 11 a.m. out at the Marriott in Burbank, I will be doing something I love! No, it's not partaking of the all-you-can-eat buffet, or the joy only true Angelenos appreciate -- valet parking -- it's being on stage talking to a hundred or so of my closest friends, ... http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/06/12/a-preview-of-my-pitchfest-pitch/ Saeed (and friends) We've received this great news from screenwriter Saeed Faridzadeh: "My screenplay, Mittens (which stands for Multinodal Intelligence uniT v10), got second place in the family category in the Storypros screenplay competition. And to think this all started on an impulse buy of your book, that someone at another writers group ... http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/06/11/clap-your-hands-for-mittens/