Today began with Val picking me up on her scooter to attend my first SF Rusty Wells yoga class.  [Technically, I took a workshop of his about 8 years ago in NYC. so not my first class.] Riding on the back of a scooter was super-fun;  it’s like a cross between my convertible and walking, more or less....

I read the rest of SAVE THE CAT last night over two glasses of Malbec at Don Pistos and I totally loved it.  (This was after watching the finale of “It’s A Brad, Brad World” with Susan and Belle which was somehow intensely moving and silly all at once –– although I had tremendous Déjà vu ...

My friend Julie –– who is brilliant and wise and a terrific editor –– after reading my blog about condensing the script yesterday, very enthusiastically recommended I read SAVE THE CAT! by Blake Snyder, which is one of the few screenwriting books that seems to have eluded me (althou...