Blake Snyder, author of Save the Cat!® and Save the Cat!® Goes to the Movies, is back with the book countless readers and students have clamored for. Inspired by questions from his workshops, lectures, and emails, Blake listened and provides 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 2 sure-fire templates 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 Get ready to face trouble like a pro... and strike back!

Save the Cat!® Strikes Back: More Trouble for Screenwriters to Get into ... and Out of

Humor & Entertainment

Blake Snyder

Movies

Save the Cat! Press

About the Author\nJamie Nash, the author of the best-selling Save the Cat!® Writes for TV, knows what it’s like to make a living as a writer. He has sold almost every type of story under the sun, including the horror films Exists, V/H/S/2, The Night Watchmen, 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. When he’s not writing and selling work, he teaches screenwriting at Johns Hopkins University and MICA and co-hosts the podcast Writers/Blockbusters. Jamie lives in Maryland with his wife, son, and a talking dog.\nBreak out your favorite pencil and roll up your sleeves! The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Workbook provides key writing prompts and asks all the important questions—but you bring the story, filling out the pages that walk you step-by-step through the Save the Cat! process. 
The official hands-on companion to the best-selling Save the Cat! and Save the Cat! Writes for TV, this interactive workbook helps you dig deep into every aspect of your story. It’s inspiring, easy to manage, and your guide to: 
• Idea and Concept Brainstorming – Unlock your idea engine with a series of exercises and prompts geared to help you find your best story idea. 
• Meaningful Themes – Explore yourself, matching your story to something that speaks to your soul and represents your tastes and personality. 
• Story Genre Identification – Nail down that pesky question of “What is your story?” with the Save the Cat! Story Genres. 
• Create Fully Developed Characters – Give life to main characters who have wants, needs, and flaws. Surround them with a supporting cast that provides opportunities for conflict and thematic tension. 
• The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet – Discover the tools and detailed exercises to give your story the structure to succeed.

SAVE THE CAT! BEAT SHEET WORKBOOK

Jamie Nash

In his best-selling book, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies, Blake Snyder provided 50 “beat sheets” to 50 films, mostly studio-made. Now his student, screenwriter and novelist Salva Rubio, applies Blake’s principles to 50 independent, auteur, European and cult films (again with 5 beat sheets for each of Blake’s 10 genres). If you're a moviegoer, you'll discover a language to analyze film and understand how filmmakers can effectively reach audiences. If you're a writer, this book reveals how those who came before you tackled the same challenges you are facing with the films you want to write. Writing a “rom-com”? Check out the “Buddy Love” chapter for a “beat for beat” dissection of Before Sunrise, The Reader, Blue Is the Warmest Color and more to see how Linklater and Krizan, David Hare, and Kechiche and Lacroix structured their films. Scripting a horror film? Read the “Monster in the House” section and discover how 28 Days Later and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre are the same movie – and what you need to do to write a scary story that keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. Want to execute a great mystery? Go to the “Whydunit” chapter and learn about the “dark turn” that’s essential to the heroes of The Big Lebowski, The French Connection, and Michael Clayton. Want your protagonist to go up against an evil “institution”? Consider how Mamet handled Glengarry Glen Ross and Tarantino framed Pulp Fiction. Writing a “Superhero” story? See how Susannah Grant structured Erin Brockovich, Anderson &amp; Baumbach worked out Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Gilliam &amp; Stoppard &amp; McKeown laid the foundation for Brazil. With these 50 beat sheets, you’ll see how “hitting the beats” creates stories that resonate the world over for these outstanding writers—and how you can follow in their footsteps.

Save the Cat!® Goes to the Indies: The Screenwriters Guide to 50 Films from the Masters

Based on the Books by Blake Snyder

Salva Rubio

From 2005 until his death in 2009, Blake Snyder wrote his 3 best-selling Save the Cat!® books along with 209 blogs on the Save the Cat!® website. The 112 blog posts in this book have been carefully curated and edited from Blake’s originals. We have selected posts that we believe are timeless, resonating as powerfully today as on the day Blake wrote them. In addition, we’ve created 10 chapters in which we’ve bundled posts according to categories, to simplify your search for the information, encouragement and enthusiasm that were Blake’s hallmarks: - Ideas and Concepts - Themes - Titles and Loglines - Genres - Heroes - Structure - Dialogue - The Pitch - Going Pro - Inspiration. Enjoy these meaningful and helpful lessons in screenwriting… and life. Also included are photos that have never been published.

Save the Cat! Blake's Blogs: More Information and Inspiration for Writers

Snyder, Blake

Product Description 
Blake Snyder's Save the Cat!, the world's top-selling story method for filmmakers and novelists, introduces The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You'll Ever Need. 
Screenwriter Jamie Nash takes up Snyder's torch to lay out a step-by-step approach using Blake's principles for both new and experienced writers, including: 
-How to write and structure a compelling TV pilot that can launch both your series and your TV writing career -All the nuances, tricks, and techniques of pilot-writing: the Opening Pitch, the Guided Tour, the Whiff of Change, and more -The 8 Save the Cat! TV Franchise Types that will improve your story and your pitch 
-The not-so-secret TV Pitch Template that turns your TV series into the necessary read-over-lunch industry document -a how-to in creating layered characters who are driven by complex internal struggles -Beat sheets of the pilots of Barry, Ozark, Grey's Anatomy, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, What We Do in the Shadows, Black-ish, The Mandalorian, This Is Us, Law and Order: SVU and more to help you crack your story 
Create your binge-worthy TV series with Save the Cat! Writes for TV. 
 Review 
Blake Snyder would be so proud of 
Save the Cat! Writes for TV because like all his books, it cuts straight to the truth: No matter where you are in your TV writing career, a newbie or a 25+ year veteran (me), you need to write a fresh, new pilot. Author Jamie Nash uses Blake s life-changing beat sheet and adjusts it for TV s wonkiness. Whether you re writing a comedy or drama for network, cable, or streaming, this book with its thought-provoking exercises, sage advice, and beat sheets from successful TV shows will definitely get you closer to FADE OUT... and quite possibly your own TV show! --Kriss Turner Towner, Executive Producer, 
Greenleaf; Consulting Producer, 
Black Monday, 
The Soul Man; Co-Executive Producer, 
The Romanoffs, 
Everybody Loves Chris, 
The Bernie Mac Show\nWhile I wish it were called 
Save the Dog!, I believe 
Save the Cat! can open eyes and demystify some of the biggest challenges TV writers face on that daunting blank page. --Steven Levitan, Co-Creator, 
Modern Family\nThere s joy in TV Land! As a longtime user and fan of 
Save the Cat!, I ve found Jamie Nash has shifted the focus (without losing the principles) of Blake Snyder s groundbreaking work, creating a whole new way to look at developing television series that s filled with insight, ingenuity, and a generous sprinkling of humor. A new must-read for newcomers to the field and veterans looking to shake up their process. --Paris Barclay, Director/Producer/Writer, 
Sons of Anarchy, 
Glee, 
House, 
The Good Wife, 
In Treatment, 
Scandal, 
Empire, 
CSI, 
Lost, 
The West Wing, 
ER, 
NYPD Blue\nSave the Cat! Writes for TV will help you wrap your arms around the process of turning inspiration into a script and more importantly, a series. Highly recommended. – Nick Bakay, Executive Producer, Mom; Consulting Producer, Bob Hearts Abishola, The Kominsky Method, ‘Til Death, The King of Queens \nThis book should be required reading not only for writers, but for all the film producers out there who are looking to branch out into TV. It breaks down the fundamental tenets of television storytelling in such a delightfully entertaining way that you often forget how much you’re actually learning! – Juliet Berman, Producer / Head of Development, Treehouse Pictures (Set It Up, Sand Castle, That Awkward Moment)\nThis book will by my side the next time I’m staring at a blank screen and wondering, “How do I do this again?” Eye-opening and inspirational, Save the Cat Writes for TV is an invaluable tool for anyone—from first-time writers to pros like me. – Lilla Zuckerman, Co-Executive Producer, Prodigal Son, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; Supervising Producer, Suits; Consulting Producer, Haven\nThe opportunities to write for television have exploded in the last few years and Save the Cat! Writes for TV is the book TV writers have been waiting fo

Save the Cat!® Writes for TV: The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You'll Ever Need