EXERCISE: Save the Cat: What is it? (5)
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writercisesoriginal posting 13 June 2011
And the last exercise from Blake Snyder for his chapter on What Is It -- give me a one line description and a title...
My blank is a serial killer.
"Drama or comedy. Name an unusual person, animal, or thing that a paranoid can suspect of being a murderer. Example: "My boss is a serial killer." A guy gets promoted every time a dead body turns up at the corporation -- is the murderer his employer?"
Just who's killing all these people? And why? What's going on here?
Okay, that's the exercises for chapter 1. So we've got this idea of putting together a one line hook that is emotionally involving (ironic), implies a whole story when you hear it, and outlines the audience. Along with a great title. And we've got some games to help us kick off our thinking.
That's just chapter 1! The first 19 pages. Stay tuned, and we'll look at chapter 2, where Blake Snyder talks about "Give me the same thing... Only different!"
In the meantime, who was that killer that just walked by?
And the last exercise from Blake Snyder for his chapter on What Is It -- give me a one line description and a title...
My blank is a serial killer.
"Drama or comedy. Name an unusual person, animal, or thing that a paranoid can suspect of being a murderer. Example: "My boss is a serial killer." A guy gets promoted every time a dead body turns up at the corporation -- is the murderer his employer?"
Just who's killing all these people? And why? What's going on here?
Okay, that's the exercises for chapter 1. So we've got this idea of putting together a one line hook that is emotionally involving (ironic), implies a whole story when you hear it, and outlines the audience. Along with a great title. And we've got some games to help us kick off our thinking.
That's just chapter 1! The first 19 pages. Stay tuned, and we'll look at chapter 2, where Blake Snyder talks about "Give me the same thing... Only different!"
In the meantime, who was that killer that just walked by?
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