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Todd Klick
Todd Klick
	Klick in 2013
Born	Todd Klick; Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations	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 and filmmaker 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.^[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

How Spielberg And Shakespeare Found Their Groove, Huffington Post (2012)^[20]
Something Startling Happens (The Missing Chapter), The Writer's Store (2012)^[21]
Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend, Huffington Post (2012)^[22]
10 Beats To A Better Beginning, MovieMaker (2012)^[23]

References

↑ "Something Startling Happens #1 on Amazon – HOME".
↑ Klick, Todd (2011). Something Something Happens. Michael Wiese Productions. ISBN 978-1615930593.
↑ "MWP homepage". Archived from the original on July 5, 1998.
↑ "The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale #1 Bestseller on Amazon | Todd Klick". www.toddklick.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.
↑ The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale. Amazon. 20 November 2013.
↑ http:??www.toddklick.com/now-write-1-on-amazon/
↑ "Great American Pitchfest Speakers". The Great American Pitchfest.
↑ "Screenwriters World Conference Schedule". Screenwriters World Conference.
↑ "Huffington Post Writers". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
↑ "10 Beats To A Better Beginning". MovieMaker: 18–19. October 2011.
↑ "Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend". The Huffington Post. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
↑ Klick, Todd (2011). Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know. Michael Wiese Productions. ISBN 978-1615930593.
↑ "Blake, Todd and Something Startling Happens". blakesnyder.com. Retrieved 7 Oct 2011.
↑ "The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories". eBook. Amazon. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
↑ "Documentary". Internet Movie Database.
↑ "Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats". Book. MWP (Michael Wiese Publications. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved 1 Oct 2011.
↑ Klick, Todd (2011). Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats. Michael Wiese Productions. ISBN 978-1615930593. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
↑ "The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories". eBook. Amazon. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
↑ "Screamin' Willie & The Lynchin' Tree". Short Story eBook. Amazon. Retrieved 13 Feb 2013.
↑ "How Spielberg And Shakespeare Found Their Groove". Article. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
↑ "Something Startling Happens (The Missing Chapter)". article. writersstore.com. November 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
↑ "Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend". Article. The Huffington Post. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
↑ Klick, Todd (October 2011). "10 Beats To A Better Beginning". MovieMaker: 18–19.

External links

[1] "Something Startling Happens #1 on Amazon – HOME".

[2] Klick, Todd (2011). Something Something Happens. Michael Wiese Productions. ISBN 978-1615930593.

[3] "MWP homepage". Archived from the original on July 5, 1998.

[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] ttp:??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: 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. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. 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: 18–19.

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