96 Movie Quotes

Karen and I went down to the movies on a bicycle. I was peddling; she was sidesaddle. It must’ve been April 29, 1986. I have no idea what movie was playing. My roommate came running into the theater and told me the 49ers had just drafted me. He literally ran there. It was just down the hill from campus, and he was so excited. He was breathing heavy when he told me they were on the phone. He said they wanted me to call them back. I didn’t know whether or not he was doing a prank, so we stayed and finished the movie. It wasn’t a prank. They took me in the fourth round with the 96th overall selection.

Once I have those quadrants, I divide them in half to get eighths. You may have heard of the eight sequence approach before. Every explanation will have its own nuances, but it’s far from a new concept. This tactic has been around since the dawn of feature films, which had eight reels. TV movies used to be formally labeled with eight acts, for the purposes of commercial breaks. If your script is 120 pages, each sequence will be 15 pages. If your script is 96 pages, they will be about 12 pages each.