Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told

Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told | Blake Snyder | Snyder Gives Up the Keys to the Kingdom

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	Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told Blake Snyder Michael Wiese Productions, 2007 - 287 pages average customer review:based on 37 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

In the long-awaited sequel to his surprise bestseller, Save the Cat!, author and screenwriter Blake Snyder returns to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach to screenwriting in years. In the perfect companion piece to his first book, Snyder delivers even more insider's information gleaned from a 20-year track record as ?one of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters, ? giving you the clues to write your movie. Designed for screenwriters, novelists, and movie fans, this book gives readers the key breakdowns of the 50 most instructional movies from the past 30 years. From M*A*S*H to Crash, from Alien to Saw, from 10 to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Snyder reveals how screenwriters who came before you tackled the same challenges you are facing with the film you want to write ? or the one you are currently working on.

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A powerful examination of film and it's form!

This is the best book about screenwriting I have ever read!
I own and have read dozens of books about screenwriting!
Nothing I say can do justice to this book in a short review.

While other books cover the essential basic information needed to become a screenwriter,
This one book cover areas no other book even come close to mastering.

It doesn't tell you how to write, so much as it explains how to "think" like a writer and see the true shape of every film ever written! I have struggled for years to see the landscape in front of me and Blake provides a much needed map of how to get from here to there.

Some people have reviewed this book and missed the fact that while his books may seem casual and simple - they are far from it. His style masks the depth of the subject matter he is presenting. Like watching the Sixth Sense and missing the things set right in front of you!

Don't get lost in debating terminology and definitions and miss the big picture.
There are some extremely important treasures in this wonderful book.
Just because the book is not overly complicated does not mean it is not complex.

The great accessibility of this book can be deceptive. Don't let that keep you from taking it very seriously and getting everything you can from it. There's some really original and useful material in this book.

Whether you call it genre or categories or plot, he presents the contexts of every known form you could possibly find useful, to help see what kind of film you really are trying to write.

This might not be the first book you get about screenwriting,
but it should be the one you use most often! I only wish I had this book years ago.

I have five books about screenwriting on my desk that I use everyday!
I have every other book available about screenwriting on my bookcase, and while I do use them all at various times, the five books I use almost every day are:

Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
Save the Cat - goes to the movies by Blake Snyder
The Anatomy of Story by John Truby
Screenplay by Sid Field
The Screenwriter's Bible by David Trottier

Thanks for writing this book Blake.

John Bradt

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Snyder Gives Up the Keys to the Kingdom

You demanded a book on screenwriting by a working, successful screenwriter; better yet, someone who has sold not one, not two, but dozens of scripts to Hollywood. You got it with Blake Snyder's "Save the Cat" where he reveals the "secrets" he used to write and sell those screenplays, including two that sold for $1 mil a piece.

Then you wanted more proof that his guidelines worked in other films as well. In "Save the Cat Goes to the Movies" he shows you that your favorite movies from the past and present used these very same storytelling elements, which have been around since ancient times when people told tales around the fire.

In his first book, he spilled the beans on how he became a successful screenwriter; in this sequel, he shows how other successful screenwriters have been using the same bag of beans in your favorite movies, you just didn't know it.

Moviegoers know if they liked a movie or not; but they couldn't tell you all the reasons why. Snyder does, in a very readable format where all you have to do is add your great idea and some elbow grease and you will have a script that has a fighting chance for success.

Good writing!

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The Secret to Screenwriting Exposed!

This book is awesome!

If you want to write a spec script that will get sold then READ THIS BOOK and it's companion (the original Save the Cat book). This book literally blows the roof off the "secrets" behind successful screenwriting.

My collection of screenwriting books is ridiculous. The problem with ALL of those other books (with the exception of those by Cynthia Whitcomb) is that they are by people who have NEVER SOLD A SCRIPT. If you are serious about becoming a SUCCESSFUL screenwriter then you MUST limit ALL of your study to that material by successful screenwriters ONLY. Seems logical and yet there are hundreds of people like Robert McKee who prey upon the hopes and dreams of aspiring screenwriters while sucking their wallets bone dry.

My only issue with the Save the Cat series (actually two issues) is that Blake spilled the beans on the secrets so now everyone will know how to write a successful spec script -- so will there be less of an advantage? (Doubtful because most people are lazy and never write anything...but if everyone used this powerful information then it would flood the Hollywood market with wonderful scripts, thus making it harder for someone to break into the industry.)

My second issue is that in both the Save the Cat books Blake doesn't cover anything about the business. I understand that this book isn't about that. The first book could have included information about breaking in or getting a break.

So...Blake Snyder, if you're reading this: PLEASE MAKE YOUR NEXT BOOK ABOUT HOW TO BREAK INTO THE BUSINESS! PLEASE! You're the only guy who writes USEABLE books on screenwriting that are HONEST and tell the REAL DEAL about how things work. So, if you write another book, please use that same honesty to (1) talk about how Hollywood really works, and (2) how to realistically break into the industry.

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A new way to explain movies

I love going to the movies and people know it. So there is always someone asking me about them. After reading this book now I can go beyond this is an action movie or a suspense movie. Who knew that Lethal Weapon and the Black Stallion were the same kind of stories.

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