Confessions of a Pantser: Revisiting Rancho Viejo
It was lovely feeling Blake there reading over my shoulder again, and to feel everything coming together just as he’d tried to tell me it would.
The Three Worlds Your Hero Must Travel Through
Understand the Three Worlds of great screenwriting: thesis, antithesis, and synthesis according to Blake Snyder in his book, Save the Cat! Strikes Back.
Mank: The Hollywood Fool and His Fun and Games
nderstand how the film “Mank” fits the Save the Cat! Fool Triumphant genre, while “Citizen Kane” is a Superhero.
How Save the Cat!® Helped Me Write and Revise My Dual POV Novel
How author Robin Reul used Blake Snyder’s 15 story beats for both major characters in her new novel, Where the Road Leads Us.
NEW PRODUCT ALERT: Save the Cat!® Crash Course 2
Introducing an online course that breaks down the 15 beats of the movies Knives Out and Jojo Rabbit and the first season of the TV series The Mandalorian in 15 informative videos — one per beat.
Announcing the 2021 Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge
All entrants receive 50 points of analysis—at no extra cost. All scripts receive a full read. Feedback is grounded in structure—not subjective opinion. Our approach is simple: a screenplay competition that uses the same language the writer, the reader, and the decision makers use when…
Writers Finish
Writer Lindell Singleton has used the principles of Save the Cat! and urges writers to embrace your calling in life, fulfill the bright promise of your destiny, and be known as a storyteller who finishes.
Scott Marshall Smith on Blake Snyder and Save the Cat!
Read what writer Scott Marshall Smith thought about Blake Snyder and Save the Cat!
How the Story of a Childhood Became an Acclaimed Novel
Novelist Sandy Hanna tells how she used the ‘Save the Cat!’ story beats to write her acclaimed novel, ‘The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon.’
How to Pitch Your Story
Howe to build a pitch using a modified version of Blake Snyder’s beat sheet.
