An Ignoble Experiment: BIZ BULLETIN: Monster Trucks Movie Contest

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IN THIS ISSUE:		Product Spotlight: Biz Bestsellers **Movie Contest: Monster Trucks**
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT:		Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need.... Blake Snyder made millions of dollars selling screenplays. In *Save the Cat!* one of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters tells all in this fast, funny and candid look inside the movie business. Save the Cat! is just one of many iron-clad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying and saleable, including: • The four elements of every winning logline • The seven immutable laws of screenplay physics • The 10 genres that every movie ever made can be categorized by and why they're important to your script • Why your hero must serve your idea • Mastering the beats • Creating the perfect beast by using… The Board • How to get back on track with proven rules for script repair. Save the Cat! is the ultimate insider's guide. It reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by showbiz veteran Blake Snyder, who proved that you can sell your script if you can Save the Cat!. Our Price: $26.95 Click here to order this great product ! Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies by Blake Snyder The Screenwriter's Guide To Every Story Ever Told.... In the long-awaited sequel to his bestseller, Save the Cat!, author and screenwriter Blake Snyder returned to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach to screenwriting in years. In the perfect companion piece to his first book, Blake Snyder delivered even more insider's information gleaned from a 20-year track record as one of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters, giving you the clues to write your movie. Designed for screenwriters, novelists, and movie fans, Save The Cat! Goes To The Movies gives you the key breakdowns of the 50 most instructional movies from the past 30 years. From MASH to Crash, from Alien to Saw, from 10 to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Blake Snyder reveals how screenwriters who came before you tackled the same challenges you are facing with the film you want to write — or the one you are currently working on. Writing a romantic-comedy? Check out the Buddy Love chapter for a beat for beat dissection of When Harry Met Sally… plus references to 10 other great romantic comedies that will make your story sing. Want to execute a great mystery? Go to the Whydunit section and learn about the dark turn that's essential to the heroes of All the President's Men, Blade Runner, Fargo and hip noir Brick — and see why ALL good stories, whether a Hollywood blockbuster or a Sundance award winner, follow the same rules of structure outlined in Snyder's breakthrough method. If you want to sell your script and create a movie that pleases most audiences most of the time, the odds increase if you reference Blake Snyder's checklists and see what makes 50 films tick. After all, both executives and audiences respond to the same elements good writers seek to master. They want to know the type of story they signed on for, and whether it's structured in a way that satisfies everyone. It's what they're looking for. And now, it's what you can deliver. Our Price: $32.50 Click here to order this great product ! Save the Cat! Strikes Back by Blake Snyder Get ready to face trouble like a pro… and strike back! With Save the Cat! Strikes Back, author Blake Snyder has delivered the book countless readers and students have clamoured for. Inspired by questions from his workshops, lectures, and emails, Blake Snyder has listened and delivers new tips, tactics, and techniques to solve your writing problems and create stories that resonate: • The 7 warning signs you might have a great idea ─ or not • The sure-fire template for can't-miss loglines • The difference between structure and formula • The Transformation Machine that allows you to track your hero's growth step-by-step • The 5 questions to keep your story's spine straight • The 5-Point Finale to finish any story • The Save the Cat! Greenlight Checklist that gets to the heart of every development issue • The right way to hear notes, deal with problematic producers, and dive into the rewrite with the right attitude • Why and when an agent will appear • How to discover the potential for greatness in any story • How to avoid panic, doubt, and self-recrimination… and what it takes to succeed and dare to achieve your dreams Our Price: $25.95 Click here to order this great product !
MOVIE CONTEST:		*Monster Trucks* BizBooks.net is offering the chance to attend the advance screening of Monster Trucks in Burnaby. Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend. Melding cutting edge visual effects and state-of-the-art CGI, Monster Trucks is an action filled adventure for the whole family that will keep you on the edge of your seat and ultimately touch your heart. In theatres January 13th, 2017. Enter the contest here!
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