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 - Paperback

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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 - Paperback

by Blake Snyder
$26.95
Sale price  $26.95 Regular price 

Book Overview

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.

ISBN9781932907353
Author Blake Snyder
PublisherMichael Wiese Productions
GenreArts
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages314
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Blake Snyder

Jamie Nash is the author of Save the Cat! Writes for TV and the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Workbook. Jamie has written and sold almost every type of story under the sun, including the horror films Exists, V/H/S/2, The Night Watchman, Altered, and Lovely Molly, and the family films Santa Hunters and Tiny Christmas. He has written the Middle Grade novels Bunk! and The 44 Rules of Amateur Sleuthing and the sci-fi novel Nomad. Jamie knows what it's like to make a living as a writer. When he's not writing and selling work, he teaches screenwriting at the Maryland Institute College of the Arts (MICA) and co-hosts the podcast Writers/Blockbusters. Jamie lives in Maryland with his wife, son, and a talking dog.

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