tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253195059438037817.post4875572940246122058..comments2015-08-11T03:53:23.534-07:00Comments on Fuzzy Bunny: Log lines, sysnopsis, and treatments.Lyse Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937970137947610228noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253195059438037817.post-4234776517292575022009-03-13T21:00:00.000-07:002009-03-13T21:00:00.000-07:00I've actually read heaps of screenwriting books an...I've actually read heaps of screenwriting books and I took McKee's 3-day Story seminar many years ago when I lived in LA. It was intense and it changed the way I write forever. That said, I have trouble getting through his book. I have two completed scripts now, which both require loglines and treatments, etc. Slight oversight on my part, as I never learned squat about writing those! Funny you should mention Ben and the writing group, as I just went to my first meeting last week! I'll ask the group if anyone has it. Very kind of you to offer me your copy. Trade me. Too right!! You think after living here for... 4+ years, I'd get over my Amazon obsession by now!! yeach.Lyse Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13937970137947610228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253195059438037817.post-31113513128215852622009-03-13T20:39:00.000-07:002009-03-13T20:39:00.000-07:00I think there are better screenwriting books to re...I think there are better screenwriting books to read, but I don't know how long you have been writing, if you are new, it's a great place to start because it is a quick read - and best if all it's fun. And it's easier to take in than 'Story' And unlike 90 percent of these books, this guy has actually got a few movies into production. I wouldn't order from amazon because of the exchange rate and shipping costs, unless you can afford it. But the writers guild have a copy i think, and if it's in wellington I think Ben Reid could give it to you if you go to his writers club, or ask him to send it, Or maybe he doesn't look after the library, but I think he does. They also have it at the library, but was out when I tried to get it, so I bought it off trademe at a steal, if all else fails I would lend you mine, I was thinking of giving it to the guild at some stage anyway, if they didn't in fact have it.JabberWockyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346662241448196719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253195059438037817.post-41508036117397015112009-03-13T20:05:00.000-07:002009-03-13T20:05:00.000-07:00Hi Julian, wow, that article is packed with practi...Hi Julian, wow, that article is packed with practical, damn good advise! I now need to go re-vist my log lines, and well... start again! But armed with more of an idea of what they should be. Very cool. I have heard of 'Save the Cat', and considered buying it, so with your recommend, I'll go pick it up for sure. Or perhaps order it on Amazon, cuz I'm a lazy cow.<BR/>Thanks for the wicked info!Lyse Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13937970137947610228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253195059438037817.post-75604233037570159162009-03-13T18:20:00.000-07:002009-03-13T18:20:00.000-07:00Here it is http://twoadverbs.web.aplus.net/logline...Here it is http://twoadverbs.web.aplus.net/loglinearticle.htmJabberWockyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346662241448196719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253195059438037817.post-20290030831288703272009-03-13T18:15:00.000-07:002009-03-13T18:15:00.000-07:00Nice Blog, Lyse, those cookies look good, think th...Nice Blog, Lyse, those cookies look good, think the rabbit would share? I always thought those loglines and synopsis are a cruel joke. You spend all this time and effort writing the script and then you have to reduce it to one page and then a line or two without making it sound completely idiotic. Not easy to do. http://twoadverbs.web.aplus.net/ had an article on loglines, if you can find it, which a lot of people recommended to me. Also Blake Snyder on his site maybe blakesnyder.com had some sort of beat system for it which people were finding helpful. He wrote the book 'Save the Cat' which is worth reading, a light read compared to some of the others, He also wrote 'blank cheque' and the Stallone classic 'Stop or mom will shoot' so he must know what he is talking about if he can write a logline that would make someone want to read that movie, let alone make it, haha. Anyway, good luck with those logs. <BR/><BR/>Julian WJabberWockyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346662241448196719noreply@blogger.com