 Do you have 100 pages of script but only 50 pages of story?
That's
the single biggest reason scripts are rejected
in Hollywood.
I'm
John Truby. I've taught advanced story structure
to over 30,000 people worldwide, including the writers, directors, or producers of Shrek, Planet of the Apes, Flamingo Rising, The Negotiator, Inspector Gadget, Outbreak, Sleepless in Seattle, The Addams Family, Beetlejuice, Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Back to School, Rambling Rose, Star Wars and many more, and have been
story consultant on over 1000 scripts. I've seen
all the story problems and I know how to fix them.
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TRUBY TAKES YOU
STEP-BY-STEP
TO A GREAT STORY
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ONLY
$179 SPECIAL!!!
And save up to $30 more by ordering additional software!
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Truby's BLOCKBUSTER puts over 300 professional techniques at your fingertips to help you create a great story, in a fraction of the usual time and effort. Don't believe that's possible from a software program? Try it. You'll write your best script ever.
1.
Blockbuster's Premise
and Genre screens show you the 'gold' of your idea and
which genre forms are best for expressing it.
2. Character Web, World,
and Arc screens help you create complex characters that
grow over the course of the story and move the reader.
3. The Plot screen takes
you through the 22 Building Blocks of every great story,
giving you a surprising plot that builds steadily from
beginning to end.
4. Blockbuster's 'drag
and drop' Scene List shows you the right structural
order for your scenes, and lets you figure out the ideal
sequence in a fraction of the time.
5. Rewrite shows you the
deep structural weaknesses that are likely to be in
your script and takes you through the ideal order for
fixing them.
6. The most extensive Coach
system for writers ever created, including my complete
Story Structure Course, the 103 Greatest Characters
in fiction, 8 key Story Shapes, 23 greatest Story Techniques,
and over 65 online Story Examples.
BLOCKBUSTER 5.0 FEATURES:
• Premise tells
you whether your idea has depth, staying power and originality, then
shows you how to develop it.
• Genre
tells you the one or two story forms best suited to express your idea.
• Character
builds 3-dimensional characters
• 7 Keys
gives you the nucleus on which your ideal story structure will be based.
• 22
Steps™ weaves a surprising, interesting plot
• Scene
Writing lets you write your script within the program, with expert help
online
• Rewrite
shows you the problems in your script, then helps you fix them.
• 32
Blockbuster Story Examples including Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Forrest
Gump, Home Alone, and The Godfather, show you how master storytellers
solved the story problems you are facing.
• Story
Coach™ guides you to proper structure, character and plot while
you write
• Blockbuster
Coach™ shows you the key elements of hit movies
• Truby's
complete Story Structure Class (a $200 value) online at the click of
a button John Truby has coached 30,000 writers around the world, including
the authors of The Mask of Zorro, The Negotiator, Outbreak, Back to
School, Nightmare on Elm Street, Beetlejuice, The Addams Family, Kiss
of the Spider Woman and Sleepless in Seattle. Now you can get the advantage
they've been using for years.
WHAT'S NEW IN 5.0
•
New easy interface that makes fiction writing fast and easy, for beginner
and expert alike
• 23
Greatest Story Techniques and 8 Story Shapes that will make you an unbeatable
writer
• Work
on as many windows as you want at one time
• Newly-designed
Scene Writing and Rewriting screens to help you connect scene to story
• The
most extensive Coach system for writers ever created - with all concepts
linked by hypertext
• Drag
and drop Scene List so you can find the right scene sequence in a fraction
of the time
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103 Greatest Characters in mythology, archetype, fiction and history
that you can apply to your own story
• Enhanced
brainstorming features to help you find what is truly original and valuable
in your ideas
• Extensive
Reports so you can see your story from many angles at once
• Online
Help for lots more movie examples and story advice
• Has an additional 100 techniques, to give you the largest collection of story tools ever assembled in one place. In your computer.
• Helps you find what is truly original in your story and execute it professionally.
• Connects all the story elements under the surface in a seamless whole.
• 14 major help areas to explain every aspect of the storytelling craft.
• Over 100 story examples on screen and online to solve any story problem you might encounter.
• 8 story shapes to show you how to build the perfect plot for your unique idea.
• Totally redesigned interface that's quick, productive and easy.
• Horizontal ribbons for fewer clicks to all screens.
• Navigation tree shows every beat in your story in one view.
• Larger screen area so you have more room to work.
• Galleries for easy-to-make choices of all your story elements.
Price $295 $179
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
For WINDOWS:
Windows 2000, XP or Vista
For MACINTOSH:
Intel Macs: Use Windows BB5, with Boot Camp (free
from Apple) or Parallels Desktop, and Windows XP
or Vista (Windows does not come installed on Macs
and MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY).
BLOCKBUSTER
REVIEWS:
"This guy is the best script doctor in the movie industry,
and this program makes you tell a good story whether
you want to or not. A winner. If you even toy with the
idea of storytelling, you must have this product. Highly
recommended."
John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine
"I'm not exaggerating: Truby's Blockbuster revolutionized
how I work. It's the simplest way I've ever found to
build structure, character and theme. If you use a computer
to write screenplays, you'll want Blockbuster."
Laurence Dworet, screenwriter
Outbreak
"Blockbuster is an ingenious and multilevel guide through
the maze of story organization... way ahead of any other
writing tool I know of."
Jeff Arch, screenwriter Sleepless
in Seattle
" I think of all of them Truby's the best. I actually
use Blockbuster, because I think he's really good. For
my taste, his stuff cuts the deepest, and allows you
to develop the most detailed structure and outline."
Larry Wilson, screenwriter
Beetlejuice, The Addams Family
"Blockbuster is all that it is advertised to be, a virtual
screenwriting
school, and a great one at that."
Skip Press, The Complete Idiot's
Guilde to Screenwriting
"As a result of Blockbuster, I won a Gold Award at the
Charleston Film Festival, and a Bronze Award at the
Houston Film Festival in the Comedy category."
Mike Ellis, screenwriter
"My pleasure to let you know an agent has picked up
three of my screenplays. All were written by the guidelines
of Blockbuster."
James Russell, screenwriter
"Truby's Blockbuster provides a structure both to elicit
and keep track of the multitude of ideas and details
that emerge in transforming the first vague musings
into the finished project."
L. R. Shannon, New York Times
"Among the legions of screenplay guru devotees, few
would deny that John Truby is the most cutting edge
of the lot. For success, Truby and his software is a
match made in screenwriting heaven... No, Blockbuster
will not solve all of writing's perennial ills, but
it does bring the cure several giant steps closer."
Wade Major, Entertainment Today
*John Truby's Blockbuster is a registered trademark
of John Truby’s Writers Studio. ©1997 Truby's Writers
Studio. All rights reserved. This program is not affiliated
with Blockbuster Entertainment, Inc.
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