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Save the Cat! Strikes Back
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The only Save the Cat! book on audio! This is the unabridged audiobook, which runs six hours and three minutes and includes a PDF of supplementary material. The book is read by MacLeod Andrews and was produced and directed by Arthur G. Insana.
Blake Snyder, author of Save the Cat! and Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies, has delivered the audiobook countless readers and students have clamored for. Inspired by questions from his workshops, lectures, and emails, Blake listened to you and provides new tips, tactics, and techniques to solve your writing problems and create stories that resonate:
- The seven warning signs that you might have a great idea - or not
- Two surefire templates for can't-miss loglines
- The difference between structure and formula
- The Transformation Machine that allows you to track your hero's growth step by step
- The five questions to keep your story's spine straight
- The Five-Point Finale to finish any story
- The Save the Cat!® Greenlight Checklist that gets to the heart of every development issue
- The right way to hear notes, deal with problematic producers, and dive in to the rewrite with the right attitude
- Why and when an agent will appear
- How to discover the potential for greatness in any story
- How to avoid panic, doubt, and self-recrimination...and what it takes to succeed and dare to achieve your dreams
Get ready to face trouble like a pro...and strike back!
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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