Todd Klick

Todd Klick
Klick in 2013
Born
Todd Klick

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

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]

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

References

  1. ^ "Something Startling Happens #1 on Amazon – HOME".
  2. ^ Klick, Todd (2011). Something Something Happens. Michael Wiese Productions. ISBN 978-1615930593.
  3. ^ "MWP homepage".
  4. ^ "The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale #1 Bestseller on Amazon | Todd Klick". www.toddklick.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.
  5. ^ The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale. Amazon. 20 November 2013.
  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. Michael Wiese Productions. 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. Michael Wiese Productions. ISBN 978-1615930593. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  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. November 2011. 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.