I felt I have a personal connection with Save the Cat since I first read it. This is why: when I was in film school in London – end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s – I used to pay my rent writing articles for the Spanish press about film and theatre in London. This…
Some love them, some hate them. The whole concept of a screenwriting manual is nonsense for many. Some others follow every bit of information like a divine law. I think both are partly right and partly wrong on the Screenwriting Gurus. It has always surprised me when I heard someone say that filmmaking (or script…
I’ve attended Robert McKee‘s seminars at least 4 times (if memory serves me) and I’ve enjoyed it thoroughly on every occasion. I was always there with a project under my arm, confronting his ideas with mine, using McKee’s wisdom as both my ally and my critic. At some stage his Story seminar became a book…
Are these your favourite Top 10 Screenwriting books? A few in this list would make it in mine too. What about you? Thanks to Goodinaroom.com.
Scripts demand causality. One event causes another event and so on. But then, is there room for coincidence? Has chance a role to play? Oh, yes! Basically one coincidence is acceptable per film. But there are exceptions. There are always exceptions. Sometimes, coincidence is used as the Inciting Incident (Field and McKee concept) that makes…
