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Save the Cat!
- The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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Summary
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.
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- clefairy
- 05-09-19
Believe the hype!
I have learned more from this book than I did in 3 years of screenwriting classes.
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- Julian
- 07-05-19
simplistic
Explain it to me like I'm a 10 year old kind of book, although that might be the point of the whole thing...useful for someone just starting out.
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- bleepbloop
- 10-02-19
Brilliant
A very well-organized book taking you through the writing process from idea to script completion. Blake Snyder gets what it's like to be a writer and has perfect ways of communicating his point to the reader. I'll always come back to this book if I'm stuck on an issue. It also helps that Superman is narrating.
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- Carrie B
- 06-11-18
Lots of practical advice and industry tips.
Having an audible version made life so much easier as I could listen on the move.
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- Mr. S. T. Morris
- 28-10-20
Some great stuff and it's worth reading but...
...it is a bit old fashioned and American film culture centric. Good to challenge your ideas against even where you disagree.
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- Alan
- 22-11-19
Loved it!
Full of great tips... I’ve just finished listening, and I’m just about to start again!
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- TwoStep
- 17-08-19
Inspirational
If you're not moved to start writing something, anything, you need to listen again, immediately!
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- Praise_Gourd
- 20-11-18
Incredibly helpful
Really enjoyable and incredibly helpful would very much recommend to any kind of writer. I'd love to hear more.
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- XopsX
- 23-07-18
Solid advice but occasionally dated.
structure and breakdown approach is a great way to assess your work and a good lense to view scripts through. However, the modern landscape of movies has changed massively and some of the advice has dated as a result. still a good read and fascinating approach.
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- Michael J. McCarthy
- 18-07-18
Love it so much. perfect for screenwriters and learning on the go after reading the actual book
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