Save the Cat!® Goes Mythical: Prometheus Gets Institutionalized
See how Blake Snyder’s Institutionalized genre dates back to Greek mythology and the tale of Prometheus,
How to Write an Upside-Down Logline
Loglines are difficult to write by nature. We’re tasked with taking an entire story and summing it up in just a sentence or two, not only capturing the essence of the plot, but also attempting to entice the reader. Blake Snyder noted that two major…
How to Pitch Your Story
Howe to build a pitch using a modified version of Blake Snyder’s beat sheet.
How to Finish the Story
That Only You Can Tell
By the time the coaching session is over, the writer leaves with more confidence that the story they were born to tell is one step further along.
Swimming with “the Pope in the Pool”
The best way to accomplish providing exposition without resorting to information overload is to throw the Pope in the pool!
Save the Cat!® Goes Mythical: A Detective Called Oedipus
This post is the seventh of a 10-installment series, Save the Cat!® Goes Mythical, in which Master Cat! Salva Rubio, author of Save the Cat!® Goes to the Indies, shows the connection between Blake Snyder’s 10 Genres and some of the strongest storytelling examples ever:…
Too Scared to Write
When you know your craft, you no longer have to face a vast forbidding forest. It allows you to focus on an individual tree.
The Sacrifice of Heroes
Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m a total storyholic. That is, I tend to get overexcited when talking about stories, and “Lech Lacha” is most definitely a story! Perhaps the most epic parsha [Torah section] of them all, and not just because it was my…
Save the Cat!® Goes Mythical: Buddy Love
One of the greatest thrills in life is to find a soulmate, be it a friend, a teacher, or a lover. And that is the crux of Blake Snyder’s “Buddy Love” genre, dating back to Greek mythology.
Rules
By thoroughly understanding traditional modes of expression, Picasso was better able to devise new ones which could more effectively present his vision.
