Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 808.23 EAN: 9781932907001 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 1932907009 Label: Michael Wiese Productions Manufacturer: Michael Wiese Productions Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 195 Publication Date: May 25, 2005 Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Sales Rank: 1626 Studio: Michael Wiese Productions
Product DescriptionThis ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz Veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!
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Rating: - Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
This is absolutely the best practical guide to screenwriting you'll ever read.
The material is lucid and compelling and should be read by every aspiring screenwriter.
The author uses recent examples that the reader will be able to identify with which is very helpful.
Although the author uses an informal voice and uses a few corny jokes and puns, no space is wasted. Everything is useful.
If you want to write screenplays for indie films, for purely artistic value then ... Read More
Rating: - Save The Cat, should be called Save my A$$....
As a screenwriter, as a skeptic, and a person who rarely takes anyone's advice, when I picked up this book I was like "Yeah right, another book to tell me how to write.." That's just what I need. But on the insistent advice of my co-writer, I said okay I'll read it.
So I read the book and let's just call it the single most influential 15 hours of the development of my writing career. It taught me how to think about story development in simple ways that can truly set you free as a writer. ... Read More
Rating: - You do have to...
You do have to take this with a grain of salt.
I have just finished reading the provocative 1 star review by NO WAY. Yes, he is right, Save the Cat IS formulaic. But this can be helpful, as the formula is based on sound principles.
I have used it as a guide to write my first screenplay and found it immensely helpful. (I have just begun marketing it - so wish me luck.) I have previously written a long Mythopoeic novel, have studied mythology and folklore (including Campbell) ... Read More
Rating: - All Aspiring Screenwriters should read STC. Period.
in my long and continuing search to learn the craft of screenwriting, i've read many books and have gotten something out of just about all of them. this is not something learned in one or two books and don't let anyone fool you into thinking otherwise.
sure, we've all heard stories of first-time, unschooled scribes selling their script or idea for millions, but that's tantamount to winning the lottery or a one-time stoke of genius lightning . it can happen, but the odds are against all ... Read More
Rating: - Great way of looking at movies
While this may not actually be the last book on screenwriting you'll ever need (partly because you'll find yourself also wanting Blake Snyder's next book "Save the Cat Goes to the Movies), it is an excellent guide for screenwriters because it gives a different slant on understanding genres and screenplay composition. After you've read Syd Field, William Goldman, Russin & Robbins, etc., Blake comes at the topic from a different angle that, at least for me, brought about an Aha! moment.
- Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
- You do have to...
