Todd Klick

Todd Klick is an American author, screenwriter, director and producer based in Los Angeles. His book, Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know became a #1 bestseller on Amazon.com for Screenwriting and Writing Skills.[1][2] It is also a bestseller for his publisher, Michael Wiese Publications.[3] Klick is also the author of the eBook The Screenwriter's Fairy: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories (a very brief fable), which has also been #1 on Amazon for Screenwriting.,[4][5] and is a contributing author for the #1 bestselling Tarcher-Penguin book, Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today’s Best Writers and Teachers.[6]

Todd Klick
Klick at The Great American PitchFest, Los Angeles, CA, June 1, 2013.
Born
Todd Klick

Lebanon, Pennsylvania
NationalityU.S.
OccupationWriter, Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Known for
  • Author of Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know
  • Screenwriter of Followed (2019)

Klick leads seminars at screenwriting conferences and symposiums[7][8] and is a contributor to The Huffington Post[9] and MovieMaker Magazine.[10]

Early life

Klick grew up in rural Pennsylvania, which he writes about in his Huffington Post article, Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend.[11]

Something Startling Happens

Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know is a minute-by-minute analysis of successful movies and what their stories share in common each minute. It reached #1 on Amazon for Screenwriting and Writing Skills in December 2011 after its October 2011 release, and has been a consistent best-seller in that genre.[12]

The book was inspired by Blake Snyder's book on screenwriting, Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need.[13]

The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale

The nonfiction ebook The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories (a very brief fable) is a 13-page ebook fable that shows how archetypal story patterns work in each act of a screenplay.[14]

Works

Filmography
  • Rough Cut: The Murder of Randi Trimble (2009)[15]
  • Followed (2019)

Bibliography
  • Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know (2011)[16][17]
  • The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories (2012)[18]
  • Screamin' Willie & The Lynchin' Tree (2013)[19]

Articles
gollark: I mean, yes, for every stupid thing they do on the x86 devices (not ARM ones) you probably *can* get around it, but why bother and support it?
gollark: Also, MacBooks apparently do rather apiaristic stuff like send the hash (or content mabne, I forgot) of every new binary you run to Apple for notarization.
gollark: * programs
gollark: * code
gollark: You can't boot anything but MacOS on them and I believe they require signed codes.

References
  1. "Something Startling Happens #1 on Amazon – HOME".
  2. Klick, Todd (2011). Something Something Happens. ISBN 978-1615930593.
  3. "MWP homepage".
  4. http://www.toddklick.com/the-screenwriters-fairy-tale-1-bestseller-on-amazon/
  5. "The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale". Amazon.
  6. http:??www.toddklick.com/now-write-1-on-amazon/
  7. "Great American Pitchfest Speakers". The Great American Pitchfest.
  8. "Screenwriters World Conference Schedule". Screenwriters World Conference.
  9. "Huffington Post Writers". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  10. "10 Beats To A Better Beginning". MovieMaker Magazine: 18–19. October 2011.
  11. "Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend". The Huffington Post. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  12. Klick, Todd (2011). Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know. ISBN 978-1615930593.
  13. "Blake, Todd and Something Startling Happens". blakesnyder.com. Retrieved 7 Oct 2011.
  14. "The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories". eBook. Amazon. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  15. "Documentary". Internet Movie Database.
  16. "Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats". Book. MWP (Michael Wiese Publications. Retrieved 1 Oct 2011.
  17. Klick, Todd (2011). Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats. Book. ISBN 978-1615930593.
  18. "The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories". eBook. Amazon. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  19. "Screamin' Willie & The Lynchin' Tree". Short Story eBook. Amazon. Retrieved 13 Feb 2013.
  20. "How Spielberg And Shakespeare Found Their Groove". Article. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  21. "Something Startling Happens (The Missing Chapter)". article. writersstore.com. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  22. "Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend". Article. The Huffington Post. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  23. Klick, Todd (October 2011). "10 Beats To A Better Beginning". MovieMaker Magazine: 18–19.
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