David Heska Wanbli Weiden “Beat Out” His Award-Winning Novel, Winter Counts
Read how acclaimed novelist David Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of the best-selling “Winter Counts,” used the Blake Snyder beat sheet to write the novel.
The Bad Guys Save the Cat!
See one of the hysterical scenes of “The Bad Guys,”
as they try to save the cat to become likeable characters.
The Importance of Putting Yourself into Your Scripts
Writing team Matt Allen and Krista Suh explain what it was like to work on the first Juneteenth family comedy, Block Party.
Squid Game‘s Hero Saves the Cat!
Hats off to the creators of Netflix’s #1 program, Squid Game, who describe how and why they created a Save the Cat! moment for their hero! Thank you—and congrats on your international smash hit!
A Pandemic Pivot
Screenwriter Alden Olmsted met Blake Snyder several times back in the day. His book, A Virus Ate My Movie, chronicles how Alden started a BMX bike company at 19, then 25 years later made a movie about it called 30 Bikes, and then released the…
How Diversity Informs Our Storytelling Workshops
Anyone with the price of admission and an internet connection, anywhere in the world, can now take the Save the Cat! Storytelling Workshops.
Great News from Our Two Screenplay Challenge Winners
We’ve had two Screenplay Challenges and both winners have recently shared success stories with us. We’re thrilled to report that Thomas Steventon, last year’s Grand Prize Winner for his feature script Gaijin & Samson, has found representation with Grace Ledding of Agile Entertainment. And Vincent…
New Graphic Novel from Salva Rubio
Congrats to Master Cat Salva Rubio, author of Save the Cat!® Goes to the Indies, upon this month’s English-language publication of The Photographer of Mauthausen. Check out these early reviews: “With exacting artistic detail, this complex and often disturbing history comes alive, and is at…
Screenplay Challenge Finalists!
Congrats to the Save the Cat!® Screenplay Challenge finalists in the feature film and TV pilot categories! Read more about the Save the Cat!® Screenplay Challenge and testimonials from writers.
The Miracles of Mighty Oak – The Synchronicity of Cinema
What do Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West have to do with the film Mighty Oak? What if I told you that Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West believe in reincarnation? What if also I told you that they believe that their son, Psalm, is…
