Todd Klick is an American author, screenwriter, director and producer based in

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. His book, ''Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know'' became a #1 bestseller on

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and Writing Skills. It is also a bestseller for his publisher, Michael Wiese Publications. 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., 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''. Klick leads seminars at screenwriting conferences and symposiums and is a contributor to

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Early life

Klick grew up in rural

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, which he writes about in his

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article, ''Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend''.

''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. The book was inspired by

Blake Snyder Blake Snyder (October 3, 1957 – August 4, 2009) was an American screenwriter, consultant, author and educator based in Los Angeles. His screenplays include the comedies '' Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot'' (1992) and '' Blank Check'' (1994). Through ...

's book on screenwriting, ''Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need''.

''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.

Works

Filmography

*''Rough Cut: The Murder of Randi Trimble'' (2009) * Followed (2019)

Bibliography

* ''Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know'' (2011) * ''The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories'' (2012) * ''Screamin' Willie & The Lynchin' Tree (2013)''

Articles

How Spielberg And Shakespeare Found Their Groove
Huffington Post (2012)
Something Startling Happens (The Missing Chapter)
The Writer's Store (2012)

Huffington Post (2012)
10 Beats To A Better Beginning, MovieMaker Magazine
(2012)

References

External links

* http://www.toddklick.com * http://somethingstartlinghappens.blogspot.com
Todd Klick featured on blakesnyder.com

Interview with Todd Klick on Connie Martinson Talks Books

Interview with Todd Klick on Film School Rejects Podcast

Interview with Todd Klick from OnlyGoodMovies.com

Todd Klick interviewed by shockya.com

Todd Klick interview by Gemini Adams at finishyourbooknow.com
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