Blake Snyder (Author of Save the Cat)

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Blake Snyder

Born

in Evanston, Illinois, The United States

October 03, 1957

Died

August 04, 2009

Website

Genre

Arts & Photography, Film, Nonfiction

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In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing Blank Check, which became a hit for Disney, and Nuclear Family for Steven Spielberg. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its eleventh printing. It has prompted "standing room only" appearances by Blake in New York, Los Angeles, London, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Vancouver, Toronto, and Barcelona. Apparently it is not quite the last book on screenwriting youll ever need, as the eagerly awaited sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told, was published in October, 2007 shooting to #1 in the Screenw ...more

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	Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need 4.02 avg rating — 20,609 ratings — published 2005 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Save the Cat! Strikes Back: More Trouble for Screenwriters to Get Into鈥� and Out Of 4.17 avg rating — 1,265 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Most Common Writing Mistakes In Fiction - And How To Avoid Them by Jack M. Bickham, Writer's Syndrome, Blake Snyder (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 1,022 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Save the Cat!庐 Blake's Blogs: More Information and Inspiration for Writers 4.42 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real estate handbook, Blake Snyder, editor ; Wilmot Lippincott, assistant editor. 1925 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Les r猫gles 茅l茅mentaires pour l'茅criture d'un sc茅nario by Blake Snyder, Brigitte Gauthier (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“True originality can鈥檛 begin until you know what you鈥檙e breaking away from.”
― Blake Snyder, Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

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“To be a screenwriter is to deal with an ongoing tug of war between breathtaking megalomania and insecurity so deep it takes years of therapy just to be able to say 鈥淚鈥檓 a writer鈥� out loud.”
― Blake Snyder, Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

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“To know how to avoid the cliche, to know what tradition you are pushing forward, begins with knowing what that tradition is.”
― Blake Snyder, Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

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