This groundbreaking guide describes six seemingly different popular movies and genres (Skyfall, The Avengers, The Hangover, A Beautiful Mind, The Conjuring, Gone Girl) and shows screenwriters how they all follow the exact same 120 Universal Story Beats minute by minute. The book also reveals the top 10 archetypes they use, and where and why the Inciting Incident, Act 2 & 4 Quests, Midpoints, and the other five main Turning Points happen in all successful movies.

Author: Todd Klick
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Published: 07/28/2016
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 10.90h x 7.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781615932467

About the Author
Klick, Todd: - Todd Klick is the #1 best-selling author of Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs to Know. His newest book is slated for a September 2016 release by MWP, the #1 publisher of film and television books. Todd is also a contributing author to the #1 best-selling Tarcher-Penguin book Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers. Todd's stories earned accolades with the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship and the PAGE International screenwriting competitions. Todd is a frequent speaker and panelist at writing conventions, a contributor to The Huffington Post and MovieMaker Magazine, and he has appeared on Dateline NBC and NPR to promote his work.