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Save the Cat!® by Blake Snyder

The Basics

Save the Cat!, by Blake Snyder, has become one of the most popular screenwriting books in recent years, the ultimate insider’s guide that reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a showbiz veteran who’s proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat.  Written in a fast, funny but yet candid way, it will help you make your ideas more marketable and your screenplays more satisfying - and saleable.

Save the Cat Strikes Back is the follow up book that continues where STC left off.  Inspired by questions from his workshops, lectures and emails, Blake listened and in this book delivers new tips, tactics, and techniques to solve your writing problems and create stories that resonate.

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Get Save the Cat! for just 25 TalentDollars (we'll pay the shipping!), and add on Save the Cat Strikes Back for just 15 additional TalentDollars.  It is our way of thanking our Citizens for supporting Talentville.  Both books are a must have in every screenwriter's arsenal.

More about Save the Cat!:  (25 TalentDollars)

Here’s what started the phenomenon: the best seller that’s in its 18th printing! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny and candid look inside the movie business. “Save the Cat” is just one of many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying, including:

  • The four elements of every winning logline
  • The seven immutable laws of screenplay physics
  • The 10 genres that every movie ever made can be categorized by — and why they’re important to your script
  • Why your Hero must serve your Idea
  • Mastering the 15 Beats
  • Creating the “Perfect Beast” by using The Board to map 40 scenes with conflict and emotional change
  • How to get back on track with proven rules for script repair

More about Save the Cat! Strikes Back:  (15 TalentDollar add-on)

Blake Snyder has delivered the book countless readers and students have clamored for. Inspired by questions from his workshops, lectures, and emails, Blake has listened and delivers new tips, tactics, and techniques to solve your writing problems and create stories that resonate :

  • The 7 warning signs you might have a great idea ─ or not
  • The sure-fire template for can’t-miss loglines
  • The difference between structure and formula
  • The Transformation Machine that allows you to track your hero’s growth step-by-step
  • The 5 questions to keep your story’s spine straight
  • The 5-Point Finale to finish any story
  • The Save the Cat!® Greenlight Checklist that gets to the heart of every development issue
  • The right way to hear notes, deal with problematic producers, and dive into the rewrite with the right attitude
  • Why and when an agent will appear
  • How to discover the potential for greatness in any story
  • How to avoid panic, doubt, and self-recrimination… and what it takes to succeed and dare to achieve your dreams

“One of the most comprehensive and insightful how-to's out there. Save the Cat! is a must-read for both the novice and the professional screenwriter.” – Todd Black, Producer, Hope Springs, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Weather Man, Antwone Fisher

“Save the Cat offers the insight and knowledge needed to write and sell screenplays in today's competitive marketplace. Fun, fresh, and informative. Way to go, Blake!” – Valarie Phillips, Head of Motion Picture Literary, Paradigm Agency