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FOREWORD
THE INTRODUCTION: OH, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE NOW!
You say you're a screenwriter? Great! But it doesn't always feel great. Why being “all typed out” and “hitting the wall” are just the start of your greatest creative breakthroughs, and why you must “strike back!”
CHAPTER 1: WOW! WHAT A BAD IDEA!
How come no one is responding to your movie pitch? Why “too plain,” “too complicated,” and “hiding the ball” may be fatal. Plus: Fresh from the Cat! lab, the Rx for logy loglines and the end of the logline log jam!
CHAPTER 2: IN TROUBLE IN THE CLASSROOM
So you've got the pitch down, where's the story? Step into a Save the Cat! workshop for new ways to “beat it out,” including the “Double Bump” and e-z solutions to “Spidering,” “Half-Stepping,” and “Blurry Beats.”
CHAPTER 3: ALL LAID OUT… AND NOWHERE TO GO
Feelin’ “formulaic”? Supercharge your storyline with the new “ STC! Structure Map,” including insight into “The Magical Midpoint,” why “Bad Guys Really Close In,” plus Blake's new “Five-Point Finale.”
CHAPTER 4: STRAIGHTENING YOUR SPINE
The script's done, but your story is off track. Why? Blake cracks open his writer's casebook to reveal the cure for “story scoliosis” and the “Five Key Questions” you need to answer to make sure you deliver the goods.
CHAPTER 5: REWRITE HELL!
Going from the private to the public, now you're getting feedback… and a deadline to fix your script! Blake turns to his own Cat! Writers Group for answers on “How to Hear Notes” and face down problematic producers and executives.
CHAPTER 6: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE SELLING KIND
Blake lets loose with hits and misses of selling — and why “The Agent Will Appear!” Plus tips that explain once and for all how to dress, pitch, and follow up on any meeting for maximum impact.
CHAPTER 7: STRIKE BACK U.
Need advice over the long haul? Blake reveals secrets learned at the school of hard knocks and provides the success stories to give you winning strategies to not just survive — but thrive! —at any stage of your career.
CHAPTER 8: DISCIPLINE, FOCUS, AND POSITIVE ENERGY
What does it take to succeed? What is required to elude the real “Dark Night of the Soul”? One man's journey to find the method to dare to dream — and win!!—in and out of the confines of Hollywood.
GLOSSARY
Final Terms of Engagement from the Land of the 310—all new favorite phrases for use in the trenches, including “The Shard of Glass,” “Double Dipping,” and everyone's favorite, “The Smell of the Rain on the Road at Dawn.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
REMEMBERING BLAKE
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