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Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies
- The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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- Al Davidian
- 06-07-20
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.
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- Joy
- 10-26-19
The Best Author & Best Narrator TOGETHER in 1 Book
A valuable resource by Blake, Snyder, engagingly read by George Newbern. Thank God for a great narrator. This book is a valuable tool you will want to listen to again and again.
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- Jim Nichols
- 06-15-20
Very helpful
I return to this time and time again. If you aspire to write and/or enjoy the craft of narrative you will enjoy this audiobook.
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- Xander Turian
- 03-09-20
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-14-21
Excellent Foundation
I enjoyed the step by step explanation of the process behind constructing a traditional screenplay.
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- BillionaireManzi
- 08-06-21
Detailed
It is a thorough look at how many movies fit the save cat beat sheet
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- John
- 07-14-21
perfect examples for screen writers
I liked it so much I bought the paper back too just for reference
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- Mr. D.
- 07-10-20
Awful Narrator
The narrator sounds like the sarcastic pedant guy from the YouTube CinemaSins... It's extremely smug and irritating.
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- BillionaireManzi
- 09-11-20
Detailed
It is a thorough look at how many movies fit the save cat beat sheet
