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Save the Cat!

The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

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Here's what started the phenomenon: This book has been a best seller for over 15 years and has been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny, and candid look inside the movie business. Save the Cat is just one of many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying. Others include these:

  • The four elements of every winning logline
  • The seven immutable laws of screenplay physics
  • The 10 genres that every movie ever made can be categorized by - and why they're important to your script
  • Why your hero must serve your idea
  • Mastering the 15 beats
  • Creating the perfect beast by using the board to map 40 scenes with conflict and emotional change
  • How to get back on track with proven rules for script repair

This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat.

©2005 Blake Snyder (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC
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Exactly what it says it is.
The last book on screenwriting you’ll need.

Absolutely Brilliant.

What it says on the tin.

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brilliant insight on how Hollywood works and script writing, told in with lots of examples to give better context

well scripted

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Full of great tips... I’ve just finished listening, and I’m just about to start again!

Loved it!

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A remarkable insight into screenwriting full of humour, empathy and great advice. Holds your attention throughout just like a great movie. He is a master of his craft. Brilliant.

Insight and high energy

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Glad I bought this, very useful indeed. It is a very good breakdown of how to write and market your screenplay.

An excellent read, very informative

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