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Save the Cat!: The Only Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need [Paperback]

Blake Snyder (Author)
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Publication Date: 14 May 2005
He's made millions of dollars selling screenplays to Hollywood and now screenwriter Blake Snyder tells all. "Save the Cat" is just one of Snyder's many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketablle and your script more satisfying - and saleable, including:

* The four elements of every winning logline
* The seven immutable laws of screenplay physics
* The ten genres and why they're important to your movie
* Why your Hero must serve your idea
* How to get back on track with ironclad and proven rules for script repair

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

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  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions (14 May 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1932907009
  • ISBN-13: 978-1932907001
  • Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 1.3 x 22.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable for some, useless for others 20 May 2010
By M.J. Milne
Format:Paperback
The usefulness of this book is going to greatly depend on what sort of screenplay(s) you are intending to write, as the scope of Blake Snyder's guide is very narrow. If you are yearning to tell the story of how child abuse rips apart a family in a small, Scottish fishing village... then do not look here. It will be of no help. If, however, you are looking to write a mainstream (preferably high concept) idea then this book is, in my opinion, the best out there.

I have read 20+ Screenwriting books and for straight structural insight into the popularist Hollywood model, this is fantastic. People have questioned Synder's own track record in other reviews. That's nonsense. Great actors are not taught by screen legends but by people you've never heard of. It's the same with screenwriting. Syd Field, Robert Mckee, Chris Vogler - when's the last time you saw their names before a film? In fact Synder has more credentials than most out there.

Yes, he picks out some less than briliant examples of cinema (Legally Blonde?!) but the content here is sound and evident in much, much better films than the ones mentioned. This is just good, clear advice on how to plan and fix a particular type of script. It is absolutely not for everyone, nor should every film adhere to this model, but in the narrow (but MASSIVELY successful) market that this is aimed at, it's simply essential.
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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Craft, not the Art 9 Aug 2009
By Steve
Format:Paperback
Some of the reviews are missing the point; this is not a book intended to make anyone an artist. Sadly I don't think such a book could exist; art is within you or it isn't, it cannot be taught.

Blake Snyder was teaching the craft, the nuts and bolts construction of a screenplay. His rules are no more cynical than Joseph Campbell's work on mythic archetypes, they're just presented in a much more accessible way. This is populist writing about populist writing.

So if you want solid guidelines on building the emotional machinery of a screenplay then this book will help. If you want to try to reinvent the cinematic artform, if your gods are Charlie Kaufman and Harmony Korine, then your journey begins elsewhere and probably inside yourself.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and enlightening! 9 Jun 2008
By Mr. Leigh Oakley
Format:Paperback
If you're serious about becoming a screenwriter, I can't recomment this book enough!

The notes on 'True Genre' alone are worth the asking price, but the 'Immutable Laws of Screenplay Physics' are also a real eye-opener.

'Save the Cat!' is funny, incisive and enlightening - it is easily up there with the works of Bill Martell, Elliott Grove and Chris Vogler.

I certainly wasn't disappointed and I don't think you will be, either.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A good read
I have a friend who is a fellow aspiring screenwriter who kept telling me to get this book as it would change my life. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Dom B
5.0 out of 5 stars very good
Loved it right from page one. Lots of basic commons sense covered in a really enlightening way, as well as new gems you hadn't even considered. Great read.
Published 15 days ago by william
5.0 out of 5 stars Made a great present
The recipient says this was a very useful guide, full of great tips and it has been read from cover to cover
Published 19 days ago by Gill Playne
5.0 out of 5 stars A good book for anyone
This is such an interesting book. If you're a filmmaker or involved in making films at any level then you'd be mad not to have this. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Charles Barclay
5.0 out of 5 stars Save the Cat!
A fresh and amusing approach to the skill in writing screen plays, and has saved much frustration in getting the right approach and avoiding pitfalls. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Terence J. Burchell
5.0 out of 5 stars Read it then Write it
Enthusiastic, clear, concise, understandable and accessible.

If you need an honest best friend who'll both encourage and temper your script writing attempts, then this... Read more
Published 2 months ago by DominicB
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginner
The book is for films however it is well written and full of useful tips.- Ideal for beginner like myself- Mainly on how to create and structure your story
Published 2 months ago by SAP777
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, just.... Brilliant.
I had previously bought another book on the process of screenwriting and it was to say the least.... dry. Blake's (RIP) book however is a delight to read. Read more
Published 2 months ago by I. Youngs
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent help at hand
This compliments Richard McKee's book. It's very accessible. and full of common sense help. Not finished it yet but I can feel it's value immediately.
Published 2 months ago by Mr. L. Spink
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific guide to the craft of writing a mainstream Hollywood...
If you want to write a genre-busting, non-linear art-house film then first you need to know the rules that you're wanting to break and this is a great analysis of those rules. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Script Angel
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