I know I'm not alone in the shock I felt – so young, so energetic, so sudden. It’s just not true.
There is was: denial.
The first of the 5 steps of grieving.
I had been scouring the internet for answers to my writing queries, finally remembering the ‘Pope in the Pool’. “Blake will know!” I quickly typed in his site for the advice I knew to expect, only to find hundreds of good-bye letters. What the heck is this?
I tried another site for similar info but Blake was everywhere!! I read many of the comments left on so many blogs from people that were in conversations with him close to his last hour. It seems like he was everywhere, talking to everyone – all the time. But they weren’t me. I never thought I could be so bold as to email the master. Arg!! Crap, man. Is this anger?
The second step.
Looking away from my computer screen I remembered my experience with Blake. His lecture - where I met him - was about his book, ‘Save the Cat’. He told us it referred to the endearing thing that a hero (before he is a hero) does that tells us he has heart; that he is redeemable.
A little golden nugget.
He went on to tell us about the ‘Pope in the Pool’. That was the gong for me! That was a BIG nugget! This technique has readers or viewers looking for that forbidden thing and not notice that they are absorbing background information. Suddenly, I was really hooked on writing – eager at a time I was considering giving it up! Coming back to reality it felt like Blake was trying to tell me something… that lessons are forever. “Keep writing and I’ll guide you with a trail of gems.”
Yikes! The third step – bargaining.
Great :( Now I have depression to look forward to. I don’t like depression and I don’t think I’ll ever to get to acceptance, the 5th and last step, so I think I’ll stay right here – bargaining with Blake.
Blake Snyder was an extraordinary artist and human being.
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