Love, for example, or fear of death, family, hunger, etc. I found great inspiration in his rule on conflict as well-it has to be something a caveman would understand. Whether it's Aladdin giving his stolen apple to a more-hungry family or literally saving a cat from danger, protagonists need moments like this to resonate with the audience. The title 'Save the Cat' rule is simple yet easy to miss. I'm not working on a novel not a screenplay, but the advice transcends genre. The formula is the highlight of the book, but there are no non-highlight pages. Doesn't matter if it's a comedy like 'Elf' or a drama like 'Pulp Fiction' you must have this moment. On page 75, for example, you have to have an 'all is lost' moment, or a 'darkest just before the dawn' moment. The formula is so precise that Snyder has it shrunk down to page numbers. Trade secrets are fully revealed and once you read them you can't watch a movie without seeing the formula scroll right in front of your eyes. This book is often hyped as the bible of screenwriting, but I would take it a step further and call it the definitive go-to for all storytelling.

Snyder once again takes his place as one of the most successful, visionary, accessible, pragmatic screenwriters who writes about the craft of all time.

With Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies Snyder is determined to set a collective new dialogue about the realities of professional screenwriting this is exactly what his sincere and heartfelt books set out to do and accomplishes. Blake is a member of the Writers Guild of America, west. Save the Cat! The Last Story Structure Software You'll Ever Need has codified this method in an easy to use CD-Rom. Blake's method has become the 'secret weapon' of many development executives, managers, and producers for its precise, easy, and honest appraisal of what it takes to write and develop stories that resonate. Apparently it is not quite the last book on screenwriting youll ever need, as the eagerly awaited sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told, was published in October, 2007 shooting to #1 in the Screenwriting, Screenplay, and Movies History and Criticism categories on. It has prompted 'standing room only' appearances by Blake in New York, Los Angeles, London, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Vancouver, Toronto, and Barcelona. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its eleventh printing. In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing Blank Check, which became a hit for Disney, and Nuclear Family for Steven Spielberg.

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