Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need *[Book]
Here’s what started the phenomenon: the best seller, for over 15 years, that’s 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, including: 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 showbiz veteran who’s proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat. Read more
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Why Must Read Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need?
Pass on this book unless you'd like to write the most formulaic and contrived stories imaginable. This book was recommended to me by a long time screenwriter who heard I was beginning my own project; I bought a copy, read it and immediately found myself wishing I'd saved both my time and money. Self-gratifying at best, Blake Snyder spends half of the book promoting his own screenplays that no one has ever heard of while bashing true classics. The remaining half is spent laying out an almost page by page guide on how to write a story that might sell but likely won't be anything groundbreaking or even good. Snyder attempts to make a science out of an art thus killing any scrap of creativity with his heavy beat layout. If you want to have any type of career in writing (no book is going to *teach* you to be a good writer) avoid this book like the plague.
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