I have started reading this screen writing book to help me get more ideas and to help me with the layout.
From what I have read I have learnt about how to keep the audience interested and hooked on the script. Also I have learnt about Test Marketing. Test marketing is all about coming up with a good log-line and testing different ideas before you go pitch the idea.
I found this really interesting Summery in the book. After reading this it got me thinking about the hero in both of my scripts and how to show their journey and their emotional journey. After reading this I set myself a task when describing the “hero” use more adjectives to define a primal goal or setting and to make the sceen come to life. I think my also doing this will help we see the layout/movie in my head and will help me get ideas.
Poppy’s FMP 
Absolutely brilliant to be reading, Poppy — I’m always astounded how few students use textbooks to help wit their projects. I’m also pleased to see you hone in on the logline aspect of Snyder’s book. A lot of Save The Cat is really mechanical and rigid, but I agree with him about nailing that logline. There’s a brilliant website called Bang2Write (worth signing up to their newsletter!) that calls it the baseline — it’s a great foundation for everything that follows. Note the key elements — something about the protagonist and their conflict.
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