{{short description|American writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Todd Klick | image = Todd Klick.JPG | alt = | caption = Klick in 2013 | birth_name = Todd Klick | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Writer, Screenwriter, Producer, Director | known_for = {{Plainlist| * 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.toddklick.com/something-startling-happens-1-on-amazon/ |title = Something Startling Happens #1 on Amazon – HOME}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Something Something Happens|isbn=978-1615930593|last1=Klick|first1=Todd|year=2011|publisher=Michael Wiese Productions }}</ref> It is also a bestseller for his publisher, Michael Wiese Publications.<ref>{{cite web|title=MWP homepage|url=http://www.mwp.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980705121254/http://www.mwp.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 5, 1998}}</ref> 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.,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toddklick.com/the-screenwriters-fairy-tale-1-bestseller-on-amazon/ |title=The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale #1 Bestseller on Amazon {{!}} Todd Klick |website=www.toddklick.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812103657/http://www.toddklick.com/the-screenwriters-fairy-tale-1-bestseller-on-amazon/ |archive-date=2014-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale|date=20 November 2013 |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007U6D0CM|publisher=Amazon}}</ref> 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''.<ref>http:??www.toddklick.com/now-write-1-on-amazon/</ref>
Klick leads seminars at screenwriting conferences and symposiums<ref>{{cite web|title=Great American Pitchfest Speakers|url=https://pitchfest.com/?modals=todd-klick|publisher=The Great American Pitchfest}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Screenwriters World Conference Schedule|url=http://www.screenwritersworld.com/ehome/33553/schedule/|publisher=Screenwriters World Conference}}</ref> and is a contributor to ''The Huffington Post''<ref>{{cite web|title=Huffington Post Writers|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-klick/|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref> and ''MovieMaker''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=10 Beats To A Better Beginning|journal=MovieMaker|date=October 2011|pages=18–19}}</ref>
==Early life== Klick grew up in rural Pennsylvania, which he writes about in his Huffington Post article, ''Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend|date=14 June 2012|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-klick/goodbye-ray-bradbury-my-f_b_1595099.html|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref>
==''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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know|isbn=978-1615930593|last1=Klick|first1=Todd|year=2011|publisher=Michael Wiese Productions }}</ref>
The book was inspired by Blake Snyder's book on screenwriting, ''Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blake, Todd and Something Startling Happens|url=http://www.blakesnyder.com/2011/10/07/blake-todd-and-something-startling-happens|publisher=blakesnyder.com|accessdate=7 Oct 2011}}</ref>
==''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007U6D0CM|work=eBook|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref>
==Works== ===Filmography=== *''Rough Cut: The Murder of Randi Trimble'' (2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=Documentary|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0763850/|publisher=Internet Movie Database}}</ref> *Followed (2019)
===Bibliography=== * ''Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats|url=http://shop.mwp.com/products/something-startling-happens-the-120-story-beats-every-writer-needs-to-know|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328030455/http://shop.mwp.com/products/something-startling-happens-the-120-story-beats-every-writer-needs-to-know|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 28, 2012|work=Book|publisher=MWP (Michael Wiese Publications|accessdate=1 Oct 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats|work=Book|isbn=978-1615930593|last1=Klick|first1=Todd|year=2011|publisher=Michael Wiese Productions }}</ref> * ''The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007U6D0CM|work=eBook|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref> * ''Screamin' Willie & The Lynchin' Tree (2013)''<ref>{{cite web|title=Screamin' Willie & The Lynchin' Tree|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BFXPC22?keywords=screamin%27+willie|work=Short Story eBook|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=13 Feb 2013}}</ref>
===Articles=== * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-klick/shakespeare-rhythm_b_1359389.html How Spielberg And Shakespeare Found Their Groove], Huffington Post (2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=How Spielberg And Shakespeare Found Their Groove|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-klick/shakespeare-rhythm_b_1359389.html|work=Article|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=18 March 2012}}</ref> * [http://www.writersstore.com/something-startling-happens-the-missing-chapter/ Something Startling Happens (The Missing Chapter)], The Writer's Store (2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=Something Startling Happens (The Missing Chapter)|url=http://www.writersstore.com/something-startling-happens-the-missing-chapter/|work=article|date=November 2011 |publisher=writersstore.com|accessdate=14 April 2012}}</ref> * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-klick/goodbye-ray-bradbury-my-f_b_1595099.html Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend], ''Huffington Post'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodbye Ray Bradbury, My Friend|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-klick/goodbye-ray-bradbury-my-f_b_1595099.html|work=Article|date=14 June 2012|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref> * [http://www.moviemaker.com/articles/screenwriting-tips-10-beats-to-better-beginning/ 10 Beats To A Better Beginning],'' MovieMaker'' (2012)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Klick|first=Todd|title=10 Beats To A Better Beginning|journal=MovieMaker |date=October 2011|pages=18–19}}</ref>
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==External links== * http://www.toddklick.com * http://somethingstartlinghappens.blogspot.com * [http://www.blakesnyder.com/2011/10/07/blake-todd-and-something-startling-happens/ Todd Klick featured on blakesnyder.com] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY-QxIDTrms Interview with Todd Klick on Connie Martinson Talks Books] * [http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/tag/todd-klick Interview with Todd Klick on Film School Rejects Podcast] * [http://www.onlygoodmovies.com/blog/thoughts-on-film/an-interview-with-todd-klick-about-his-book-something-startling-happens/ Interview with Todd Klick from OnlyGoodMovies.com] * [http://www.shockya.com/news/2011/10/31/interview-todd-klick-talks-something-startling-happens/ Todd Klick interviewed by shockya.com] * [http://finishyourbooknow.com/2012/06/18/todd-klick-something-startling-happens/ Todd Klick interview by Gemini Adams at finishyourbooknow.com] * {{IMDb name|2137838}}
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