--- product_id: 199718 title: "Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need" price: "€ 29.13" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/199718-save-the-cat-the-last-book-on-screenwriting-youll-ever store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Proven screenplay formula 15+ years bestseller Premium quality print Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need **Price:** € 29.13 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎥 Save the Cat! — The ultimate screenwriting game-changer you can’t afford to miss! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need - **How much does it cost?** € 29.13 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/199718-save-the-cat-the-last-book-on-screenwriting-youll-ever) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Boost Your Marketability:** Learn the 10 essential movie genres and how to tailor your script to fit the market’s demands effortlessly. - • **Master the Art of Storytelling:** Unlock Blake Snyder’s iconic Beat Sheet to craft scripts that captivate studios and audiences alike. - • **Insider Secrets from a Showbiz Veteran:** Gain candid, no-fluff advice that demystifies the movie business and puts you ahead of the competition. - • **Industry-Proven Screenwriting Blueprint:** Follow the exact pacing and structure that has shaped countless Hollywood hits for over 15 years. - • **Beginner-Friendly, Yet Deeply Insightful:** No formal training needed—this book breaks down complex screenplay physics into actionable steps. ## Overview Save The Cat! is the definitive screenwriting guide by Blake Snyder, a bestseller for over 15 years and a #1 hit in screenwriting books. It offers a proven, structured approach to crafting compelling scripts using Snyder’s Beat Sheet, covering everything from loglines to genre classification. Perfect for beginners and professionals alike, this premium-quality book reveals insider secrets that have helped thousands break into Hollywood. ## Description Here’s what started the phenomenon: the best seller, for over 15 years, that’s been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny and candid look inside the movie business. Save the Cat! is just one of many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying, including: The four elements of every winning logline The seven immutable laws of screenplay physics The 10 genres that every movie ever made can be categorized by — and why they're important to your script Why your Hero must serve your Idea Mastering the 15 Beats Creating the “Perfect Beast” by using The Board to map 40 scenes with conflict and emotional change How to get back on track with proven rules for script repair This ultimate insider’s guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a showbiz veteran who’s proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat. Review: Filled with useful information, very helpful! - I bought this book cause I've had some ideas floating around in my head that I wanted to see if I could perhaps make into a screen play. I have no formal education in screenwriting and the information I do know about writing a movie, I learned from online resources. So for a beginner like me this book was filled with TONS of useful information how I could turn a basic idea in my head into a fully fledged movie script. I was debating on which book to buy to help me get started and bought this one because every online resource I looked at, all of them mentioned this book. Some people bashed it but I think that's cause they're more advanced writers and have their own formula for coming up with the structure for a movie. What I like about this book is that it takes out the guess work for you. It lays out a structured outline for you to follow. Snyder created what he calls the Blake Synder Beat Sheet and literally every movie I could think of follows its formula. He tells you "you should introduce your main character by this page, set the theme of the movie by this page, create a conflict by this page, etc..." Snyder also uses movies as examples, showing how they followed this tempo. He has good ideas on how to create meaningful, 3 dimensional characters and even how to create a B story that helps the main story flow better. I wouldn't have thought of any of this had I not read this book. What I don't like is how Snyder is sometimes a little too "by the numbers" when it comes to writing a script. He literally says the break from act 1 to act 2 HAS to happen on page 25. Not page 24, not page 26 but on page 25. I don't agree with that. While you obviously don't want it to come too early or too soon, I don't see a need for it to happen on exactly page 25 of every single script ever written. He goes to make it sound like the big wigs at studios reading your script will toss it in the garbage if they don't find it on page 25. That's simply not true and I feel like it's forcing people to pace THEIR story at HIS speed. He also goes on to bash other great movies cause they didn't follow HIS pace. This guys claim to fame is writing Disneys "Blank Check" mind you. I don't believe in making others look bad to make yourself look good and that's kind of what he does for a bit in the book. He disses movies like Dantes Peak, Memento, Along Came Polly, etc.. but raves about other mediocre movies like 4 Christmases and miss congeniality cause they followed his cookie cutter methods. So to sum it up, I'm glad I bought this book because I did learn a lot by reading it. I definitely feel more confident in writing my script now and figuring out how to fill in the blanks when I wasn't sure in what direction the story should go in. While I don't think his "by the numbers" method is ideal for every script, it does help me know how to set my own pace for my own movie so I don't get carried away with one act of the story over the other. If your a beginner like me and are looking for a little guidance on how to create a story, this book is a great help! Review: The Greatest Mentor You'll Ever Have - Wow! I just finished reading "Save The Cat: The last Book On Screenwriting That You'll Ever Need", and have to write something now or I will explode! Seriously by far the best How To book I have ever read! I am so sad to find out Blake Snyder is dead because I want so badly to shake his hand. I can't believe such a book could be written that literally tells you how to write a good screenplay in a way that is understandable and an absolute joy to read. For a small town boy with no formal mentor in the industry, Blake Snyder is a God send. He makes writing movies compatible for anyone with his honest, no secrets insight that inspires me to dive right in. The man was a master of his craft and he was so good that he just could not bear to withhold his plethora of knowledge and golden gem insights into the art of scriptwriting. Blake Snyder is the first person who ever taught me how to tell a good story and I believed him. He never just tells you something or states a fact, which he does often and comically, Blake gives you a perfectly relevant life story that smacks your brain with such explosive imagery and logic that there is almost no way you can misinterpret his points unless you are reading the book upside down! And he praises the reader for challenging him and dares you to prove him wrong. It's so awesome because you pretty much know you don't stand a chance past your initial argument. Mike Cheda. I must meet this man or in some way become affiliated with him because anyone one or any movie or anything for that matter that Blake Snyder approves of is A. O. K. by me. As must be fairly apparent by this review, I am a complete noob when it comes to screenwriting and I feel like no better book in the world could have tossed me so gracefully into the exciting realm of the movies, which is hey! what we all really came here for in the first place. Thank you Blake Snyder. In 195 pages you have become my greatest teacher and totally turned my world upside down both professionally and personally. You were the catalyst to my story! ## Features - Last Book on Screen writing - Started the phenomenon - It is made up of premium quality material. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #4,867 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Screenplays #1 in Screenwriting (Books) #18 in Performing Arts (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 8,450 Reviews | ## Images ![Save The Cat! 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Some people bashed it but I think that's cause they're more advanced writers and have their own formula for coming up with the structure for a movie. What I like about this book is that it takes out the guess work for you. It lays out a structured outline for you to follow. Snyder created what he calls the Blake Synder Beat Sheet and literally every movie I could think of follows its formula. He tells you "you should introduce your main character by this page, set the theme of the movie by this page, create a conflict by this page, etc..." Snyder also uses movies as examples, showing how they followed this tempo. He has good ideas on how to create meaningful, 3 dimensional characters and even how to create a B story that helps the main story flow better. I wouldn't have thought of any of this had I not read this book. What I don't like is how Snyder is sometimes a little too "by the numbers" when it comes to writing a script. He literally says the break from act 1 to act 2 HAS to happen on page 25. Not page 24, not page 26 but on page 25. I don't agree with that. While you obviously don't want it to come too early or too soon, I don't see a need for it to happen on exactly page 25 of every single script ever written. He goes to make it sound like the big wigs at studios reading your script will toss it in the garbage if they don't find it on page 25. That's simply not true and I feel like it's forcing people to pace THEIR story at HIS speed. He also goes on to bash other great movies cause they didn't follow HIS pace. This guys claim to fame is writing Disneys "Blank Check" mind you. I don't believe in making others look bad to make yourself look good and that's kind of what he does for a bit in the book. He disses movies like Dantes Peak, Memento, Along Came Polly, etc.. but raves about other mediocre movies like 4 Christmases and miss congeniality cause they followed his cookie cutter methods. So to sum it up, I'm glad I bought this book because I did learn a lot by reading it. I definitely feel more confident in writing my script now and figuring out how to fill in the blanks when I wasn't sure in what direction the story should go in. While I don't think his "by the numbers" method is ideal for every script, it does help me know how to set my own pace for my own movie so I don't get carried away with one act of the story over the other. If your a beginner like me and are looking for a little guidance on how to create a story, this book is a great help! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Greatest Mentor You'll Ever Have *by S***T on March 9, 2011* Wow! I just finished reading "Save The Cat: The last Book On Screenwriting That You'll Ever Need", and have to write something now or I will explode! Seriously by far the best How To book I have ever read! I am so sad to find out Blake Snyder is dead because I want so badly to shake his hand. I can't believe such a book could be written that literally tells you how to write a good screenplay in a way that is understandable and an absolute joy to read. For a small town boy with no formal mentor in the industry, Blake Snyder is a God send. He makes writing movies compatible for anyone with his honest, no secrets insight that inspires me to dive right in. The man was a master of his craft and he was so good that he just could not bear to withhold his plethora of knowledge and golden gem insights into the art of scriptwriting. Blake Snyder is the first person who ever taught me how to tell a good story and I believed him. He never just tells you something or states a fact, which he does often and comically, Blake gives you a perfectly relevant life story that smacks your brain with such explosive imagery and logic that there is almost no way you can misinterpret his points unless you are reading the book upside down! And he praises the reader for challenging him and dares you to prove him wrong. It's so awesome because you pretty much know you don't stand a chance past your initial argument. Mike Cheda. I must meet this man or in some way become affiliated with him because anyone one or any movie or anything for that matter that Blake Snyder approves of is A. O. K. by me. As must be fairly apparent by this review, I am a complete noob when it comes to screenwriting and I feel like no better book in the world could have tossed me so gracefully into the exciting realm of the movies, which is hey! what we all really came here for in the first place. Thank you Blake Snyder. In 195 pages you have become my greatest teacher and totally turned my world upside down both professionally and personally. You were the catalyst to my story! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a Big Help. *by T***S on July 3, 2026* So far, so good. Very helpful insight and prompts. I'm a novice so this is a huge help in the script writing department. ## Frequently Bought Together - Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need - Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need - SAVE THE CAT! 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