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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | In the long-awaited sequel to his surprise bestseller, Save the Cat!, author and screenwriter Blake Snyder returns to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach to screenwriting in years. In the perfect companion piece to his first book, Snyder delivers even more insider's information gleaned from a 20-year track record as ?one of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters, ? giving you the clues to write your movie. Designed for screenwriters, novelists, and movie fans, this book gives readers the key breakdowns of the 50 most instructional movies from the past 30 years. From M*A*S*H to Crash, from Alien to Saw, from 10 to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Snyder reveals how screenwriters who came before you tackled the same challenges you are facing with the film you want to write ? or the one you are currently working on.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Blake Snyder | | Paperback: | 287 pages | | Publisher: | Michael Wiese Productions | | Publication Date: | October 01, 2007 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1932907351 | | Package Length: | 8.9 inches | | Package Width: | 6.0 inches | | Package Height: | 0.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 52 reviews |
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| | Features | ISBN13: 9781932907353Condition: NewNotes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
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 Excellent Resource Aug 17, 2010
Blake keeps it simple! He concisely explains each type of script and their elements. This is a must own for any beginning script writer or someone interested in the process of writing for the screen.
Excellent companion to Save the Cat! Series Aug 08, 2010
Takes Save the Cat! to a new level using examples from dozens of top movies we all know. Blake uses his method of beating them out to show how eerily similar very different movies are in structure and story. You'll never watch a TV or Movie screenplay the same way again.
The HOLY GRAIL of Screenwriting Books. Jun 20, 2010
I have ALL of the screenwriting books. ALL OF THEM. 95% of them are useless. If there's ONE book you need, this is it.
It will inspire you to break down movies on your own to understand structure AND emotional storytelling. Obviously, this is not a PRESCRIPTIVE guide, but Blake may be the best teacher of them all. And no, it's not just for hacky screenwriters or people who want to write the next Die Hard rip-off so they can buy a big house in the Hollywood Hills. This is not a formula. There are no magic beans. This is a reference guide, an open-ended model for cataloguing different forms of storytelling. This is a book to help the artists out there ORGANIZE their thoughts and story lines. REAL SCREENWRITERS working in Hollywood do the exact same thing as Blake does for all the movies in this book, which is to break them down and EXAMINE THE FORM.
ALL THREE Snyder books have a permanent place on my desk! I recommend buying SAVE THE CAT and SAVE THE CAT STRIKES BACK too, the latter being even more impressive...
Blake's Last Effort a Good One! Dec 06, 2009
Blake is gone too soon and this is his last book -- a very entertaining one and informative, too.
A great sequel. Nov 22, 2009
Blake Snyder's first book, "Save the Cat," is an amazing read. You can check out my review for it... Long story short, I was starting work on a feature-length script and decided to buy the book first. One of the best decisions I had made because it has helped me in ways I didn't even imagine.
Luckily for me, I also bought this one. And after I finished the first one I jumped STRAIGHT into this one. While this book is pretty standalone, its true value lies within reading it AFTER you read the first, because the first explains the terms and the methods and everything, and this is a list of examples of big, well-known movies.
If after the first book you thought "Are movies really that easily categorized?" then this book will answer your question big time. So if you read the first one and are considering buying this, do it. It goes hand in hand. If you haven't bought any, I suggest you get them both and read them in order. If not, just get the first one. Maybe I'm biased but I don't think this book does that well on its own.
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