![]() “All of this is intended, of course, to ultimately save you time…It’s a lot easier to see and move cards around on a board than chunks of your own writage that you’ve fallen in love with.” - Blake Snyder, Save the Cat Therefore, the book takes an approach that is more commercial than artistic, but Snyder leaves plenty of room for artistry. Warning: Save the Cat is very much about writing screenplays that will sell and doing so efficiently. Therefore, most of the concepts in the book are applicable to all kinds of storytellers, including novelists. But Save the Cat goes beyond screenwriting and delves into the art of storytelling. Along with Syd Field’s Screenplay, it’s a Hollywood staple - not just for screenwriters but also for directors and producers. Technically, Save the Cat is a screenwriting book. I constantly found myself wanting to set the book aside so I could go write, but I also wanted to keep turning the pages so I could absorb more techniques and ideas. ![]() ![]() ![]() Save the Cat is packed with goodies for storytellers!īut Save the Cat offers more than just insight on storytelling. “It’s the scene where we meet the hero, and the hero does something - like saving a cat - that defines who he is and makes us, the audience, like him.” - Blake Snyder, Save the Cat A must-read for storytellers! This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. ![]()
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