I spoil this GARBAGE screenwriting book so you don't have to read it. Save the Cat!
Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder is a junk screenwriting manual. For so many reasons. Just a lot of gimmicky bullcrap marketed to newbies who don't yet know the difference. Stop buying it. Stop promoting it. Stop pretending it has any useful knowledge that is not better found in other sources. And if you have already read it, try to blot it from your memory. That will help you immensely as a writer. Subscribe for more on movie storycraft and narrative theory. The GOOD stuff. Follow SCRIPTMONK on Twitter: twitter.com/SCRIPTMONK 0:00 Intro 2:35 Glicking it up 5:49 Bad attitudes & Fragile egos 8:27 The Beat Shite 11:45 Spoiling the only "useful" part 18:45 Final verdicts
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That Hero's Journey Book is actually JUNK
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What Screenwriting Structure actually IS, and why it's DUMB to get mad about it
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I Read 100+ Screenplays. These Mistakes Ruined Them.
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The Many Paths of Story Structure's Second Half #screenwriting
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If You Don't Know These 6 Things You Will Write Bad Dialogue - Glenn Gers
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8 Storytelling Secrets Pulp Writers Knew (That We’ve Lost)
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How to Write (& Not Write) A Lovable Jerk
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Save The Cat Beat Sheet: What Everyone Gets Wrong - Naomi Beaty
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3 Problems with Save the Cat (Writing Advice)
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Intro to the 4 ACT PLOT STRUCTURE (What are plot beats?)
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Art of Movie Adaptations: The Biggest Differences between Novels & Films
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Most New Writers Can't Stop Falling Into The Same Traps - Corey Mandell
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Hey, wannabe screenwriters? DON'T BE A NOOB! (aka Screenwriting & the Dunning-Kruger Effect)
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Oops No Plot: The Raw Power of Episodic Storytelling
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How to OUTLINE a screenplay BEFORE you write (and what this teaches about movie story structure)
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Top 5 End of Second Act Strategies in Hollywood Screenwriting
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The Bad Prose Epidemic
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Story Structures Ranked from Worst to Best
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