Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies

The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told

By: Blake Snyder

Narrated by: George Newbern

In the perfect companion piece to his first book, Blake Snyder delivers even more insider information gleaned from a 20-year track record as one of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters. Designed for screenwriters, novelists, and movie fans, this book gives listeners key breakdowns of the 50 most instructional movies from the past 30 years. From M*A*S*H to Crash, Alien to Saw, and 10 to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Snyder reveals how screenwriters in the past tackled the same challenges faced by screenwriters today.

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Detailed

It is a thorough look at how many movies fit the save cat beat sheet

Another great tool in the writers box

I love the Save a The Cat series. I have found them incredibly useful when developing and writing my projects.

I see films in a new way now as well.

Solid Companion to the Original

The book is pitched as a stand alone, however, in my opinion you would get much less from it in this way, it is best taken as a companion to the original.

The deep dive of each genre with multiple examples in each was extremely helpful in understanding these ideas expressed in the original book.

Very helpful!

As a self taught screenwriter, this has helped me tremendously with my story telling. Would recommend it to anyone.

Actionable and entertaining

A great foundation in the quest to build genre-aware screenwriting skills. Not as elaborate as John Truby's system, but easier to digest, and well-explored through analysis of films in all major Hollywood genres.