![]() ![]() This transcends genre: Snyder has his own taxonomy for story types, almost any of which can be comedy, drama, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, etc. Chapter 2: Identify the kind of story.Your proof is the Logline: a synopsis of the basic premise which, at one sentence, may be even shorter than an elevator pitch. ![]() ![]() ![]() Chapter 1: Know what your story is about.First, he wants you to figure out a few things. Whereas Christopher Vogler’s THE WRITER’S JOURNEY is sprinkled with reminders that his advice is just a tool and your story doesn’t have to follow the mythic structure, Snyder prescribes 110 pages for a screenplay and lays out exactly what should be happening during each page range, sometimes down to a specific page.īut that’s after Snyder lets you start writing, which doesn’t happen until the end of Chapter 5 (out of 8 chapters!). On the Plotter-versus-Pantser spectrum, Snyder’s approach is pure Plotter. Could a book about writing screenplays help me structure my MG/YA novel? Cats rule the internet, so I Googled the phrase, read a few reviews, and ordered it from my favorite bookstore. I was scouring the internet for help getting through the “muddle” of my novel when I read the title. I found SAVE THE CAT! The Last Book on Screenwriting That You’ll Ever Need through a novelist’s blog. ![]()
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