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larswrites 's review for:
Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
by Blake Snyder
Snyder makes the claim that he's trying to write a screenwriting book that's less academic. This makes a lot of sense. The advice is helpful, if not a little cynical (but he warns us of this ahead of time).
What I really missed was the gender inclusivity that appears in some of those more academic books. This becomes most obvious when he presents the following two archetypes:
> There's the "young man on the rise" archetype -- [. . .] a little dumb, but plucky, this is the type we all want to see win.
> There's the "good girl tempted" archetype -- pure of heart, cute as a bug [. . .] This is the female counterpart of the young man on the rise. (58)
And Snyder doesn't even pretend to acknowledge that BAD GUYS can also be BAD GIRLS.
But it's a book that everyone interested in screenwriting should read because the advice is good and it's ubiquitous.
What I really missed was the gender inclusivity that appears in some of those more academic books. This becomes most obvious when he presents the following two archetypes:
> There's the "young man on the rise" archetype -- [. . .] a little dumb, but plucky, this is the type we all want to see win.
> There's the "good girl tempted" archetype -- pure of heart, cute as a bug [. . .] This is the female counterpart of the young man on the rise. (58)
And Snyder doesn't even pretend to acknowledge that BAD GUYS can also be BAD GIRLS.
But it's a book that everyone interested in screenwriting should read because the advice is good and it's ubiquitous.