Save the Cat!

Here's what started the phenomenon: the bestseller, for over fifteen years, that's been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny, and candid look inside the movie business. Save the Cat is just one of many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying, others include these: sAeAThe four elements of every winning logline sAeAThe seven immutable laws of screenplay physics sAeAThe ten genres that every movie ever made can be categorized by-and why they're important to your script sAeAWhy your hero must serve your idea sAeAMastering the fifteen beats sAeACreating the Perfect Beast by using The Board to map forty scenes with conflict and emotional change sAeAHow to get back on track with proven rules for script repair This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a showbiz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat.