Truby's Blockbuster 6.0
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At a Glance
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"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, Addams Family
Truby’s Blockbuster puts hundreds of professional techniques at your fingertips to help you create a great story, in a fraction of the usual time and effort. Based on an interface that teaches as you write, Blockbuster shows you the deep structural weaknesses that are likely to be in your script and takes you through the ideal order for fixing them.
By no means a "paint by number" approach to storytelling, Blockbuster demonstrates how to turn original ideas into completely developed storylines fit for the big screen through its many intuitive features, including:
- Premise and Genre tools find the 'gold' in your idea and which genre forms work best for expressing it
- Character Web and List screens help you create complex characters that grow over the course of the story and move the reader
- The 7 Keys give you the nucleus on which your ideal story will be based
- The 22 Building Blocks™ of every great story, which gives you a surprising plot that builds steadily from beginning to end
- A Rewrite function exposes problem areas in your script and how to fix them
- The Story Coach™ keeps you on track with structure, character and plot
- Drag and Drop Scene List lets you figure out the ideal sequence of your scenes
- Truby’s complete Story Structure Course, the 103 Greatest Characters in fiction, 23 most valuable Story Techniques, and much more
New Features in Blockbuster 6.0:
- New look
- New redesigned Draft page with details from up to 3 genre structure steps attached
- The ability to work in 3 genres simultaneously
- Redesigned Navigation tree for easier navigation
- Updated Character List page
- Reorganized Help system that gives you exactly the information you need to write your best story, while you're writing
- More powerful Scene Weave screen
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
MACINTOSH:
OSX 10.5.7 and above, Java SE6 version 3 (Minimum screen resolution: 1280 x 800)
WINDOWS:
XP, Vista or Windows 7 (Minimum screen resolution: 1280 x 800)
Product Details
- Manufacturer Truby's Writers Studio
- Date available: 11/19/2012
- Return policy: 30 days
Meet the Author: John Truby
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John Truby is Hollywood’s premiere story consultant and founder of Truby’s Writers Studio. He has worked as a story consultant and script doctor for Disney Studios, Sony Pictures, FOX, and HBO, among others, and has taught his 22-Step Great Screenwriting and Genre classes to over 40,000 students worldwide. |