Comments on: Interview: A Conversation with Blake Snyder, Part 3 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:32:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-68049 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:20:17 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-68049 Gregory and Mai, you're very welcome. It was an extreme pleasure to talk with Blake. He made the whole thing easy and fun. (I did not transcribe the laughter, but there was plenty of it.) Mai, I'm glad you were able to adapt Blake's beats to your wip. I did, too, even though my story was written; it acted kind of like a check. I also used the beats to help define what should go into my synopsis, which made that potentially hair-pulling process much easier. Good luck! Gregory and Mai, you’re very welcome. It was an extreme pleasure to talk with Blake. He made the whole thing easy and fun. (I did not transcribe the laughter, but there was plenty of it.)

Mai, I’m glad you were able to adapt Blake’s beats to your wip. I did, too, even though my story was written; it acted kind of like a check. I also used the beats to help define what should go into my synopsis, which made that potentially hair-pulling process much easier. Good luck!

]]> by: Mai http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-68019 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:32:38 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-68019 Thank you so much for interviewing Blake Snyder. I went out and got Save the Cat, and it's a revelation. I started a beats sheet in Google Docs, adapted the page counts for a novel, and am playing with scenes and arcs like game pieces. I had no idea how little structure I was using before, and how that was preventing me from moving forward. I have a long way to go, but now I know there's a path under my feet. Thanks once again. Thank you so much for interviewing Blake Snyder. I went out and got Save the Cat, and it’s a revelation. I started a beats sheet in Google Docs, adapted the page counts for a novel, and am playing with scenes and arcs like game pieces. I had no idea how little structure I was using before, and how that was preventing me from moving forward. I have a long way to go, but now I know there’s a path under my feet. Thanks once again.

]]> by: Gregory Kennedy http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66843 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:09:24 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66843 Therese: Thank-you so much for this interview and this website. They both rock, and the sense of writing community shines through here -- and God knows we all need to feel part of that big creative, extended "family" to get up each day and pound the keys and not feel like idiots or time-wasters (said my infernal internal demon!) Greg Therese:

Thank-you so much for this interview and this website. They both rock, and the sense of writing community shines through here — and God knows we all need to feel part of that big creative, extended “family” to get up each day and pound the keys and not feel like idiots or time-wasters (said my infernal internal demon!) Greg

]]> by: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66835 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:18:45 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66835 Awesome, awesome interview, Therese. Awesome, awesome interview, Therese.

]]> by: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66817 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:57:03 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66817 I really enjoyed doing this interview, so I'm glad some of you enjoyed reading through it! This guy knows what he's talking about. I am a believer. I really enjoyed doing this interview, so I’m glad some of you enjoyed reading through it! This guy knows what he’s talking about. I am a believer.

]]> by: Eric von Rothkirch http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66811 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:03:25 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66811 Ah... structure. :) Blake's a good guy. Ah… structure. :)

Blake’s a good guy.

]]> by: Juliet http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66742 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:24:56 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66742 Excellent interview, great insights. I especially like what Blake tells us about loading the character with difficulties so he/she has a bigger journey to make. I do this already but I can do it better. Excellent interview, great insights. I especially like what Blake tells us about loading the character with difficulties so he/she has a bigger journey to make. I do this already but I can do it better.

]]> by: Edie http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66656 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:47:17 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/04/04/interview-a-conversation-with-blake-snyder-part-3/#comment-66656 Just great, all three interviews. I scribbled notes on my wip as I read this. Tonight I'll work on my logline and look for the irony. Thanks, Therese, and thank you, Blake Snyder, too. Just great, all three interviews. I scribbled notes on my wip as I read this. Tonight I’ll work on my logline and look for the irony.

Thanks, Therese, and thank you, Blake Snyder, too.

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