Sad and Shocking News

Blake Snyder, writer of SAVE THE CAT, died August 4th of cardiac arrest.

Tributes here, here and here.

I wrote about my experience with his screenwriting method here, here and here.

His method changed my script writing for the better.

My condolences to his family and friends.

Fairy Pictures

Look, I got a picture of Tinkerbell whilst shooting through the trees.

Can you see her now?

Forest Fatal

Went on the third and fourth hike into the burn for my grant-sponsored photography show.

I'm starting to get a handle on what I want/need to do -- after panicking when I realized that burned trees are like fence posts -- all the same.

Still depressing, walking through miles of forest-no-more. Any patch of color catches the eye.

And this little doll, on the side of the road that didn't burn.

Fear Not

You gain strength, courage, and confidence
by every experience
in which you really stop
to look fear in the face.

Eleanor Roosevelt