reneescarted 's review for:

Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder

5.0

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Although this book is about screenwriting, the advice given is priceless even to little hobby-writers like myself. I just switched over to this after another "technical" (non-fiction or story) book that I was very bored with, thinking I must not be fit to read these more serious books, but Save the Cat showed me that it's not on me. The style of writing is deeply engaging, it was easy to read and kept my attention. There were lots of examples, even from films that I have seen and know well, so it was also easy to relate to. I have no intention to go into screenwriting or even professional writing, but definitely going to try and use these tips for my next story (and try not to mass-delete all the ones I made so far that just don't measure up).