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Save the Cat!® Writes for TV
- The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You'll Ever Need
- Narrated by: Jamie Nash
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
Blake Snyder's Save the Cat!, the world's top-selling story method for filmmakers and novelists, introduces The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You'll Ever Need.
Screenwriter Jamie Nash takes up Snyder's torch to lay out a step-by-step approach using Blake's principles for both new and experienced writers, including:
- How to write and structure a compelling TV pilot that can launch both your series and your TV writing career
- All the nuances, tricks, and techniques of pilot-writing: the opening pitch, the guided tour, the whiff of change, and more
- The eight Save the Cat! TV franchise types that will improve your story and your pitch
- The not-so-secret TV pitch template that turns your TV series into the necessary read-over-lunch industry document
- A how-to in creating layered characters who are driven by complex internal struggles
Beat sheets of the pilots of Barry, Ozark, Grey's Anatomy, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, What We Do in the Shadows, Black-ish, The Mandalorian, This Is Us, Law and Order: SVU, and more to help you crack your story.
Create your binge-worthy TV series with Save the Cat! Writes for TV.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
Critic reviews
"Blake Snyder would be so proud of Save the Cat! Writes for TV because like all his books, it cuts straight to the truth: No matter where you are in your TV writing career, a newbie or a 25+ year veteran (me), you need to write a fresh, new pilot. Author Jamie Nash uses Blake s life-changing beat sheet and adjusts it for TV s wonkiness. Whether you re writing a comedy or drama for network, cable, or streaming, this book with its thought-provoking exercises, sage advice, and beat sheets from successful TV shows will definitely get you closer to FADE OUT...and quite possibly your own TV show!" (Kriss Turner Towner, Executive Producer, Greenleaf; Consulting Producer, Black Monday, The Soul Man; Co-Executive Producer, The Romanoffs, Everybody Loves Chris, The Bernie Mac Show)
"While I wish it were called Save the Dog!, I believe Save the Cat! can open eyes and demystify some of the biggest challenges TV writers face on that daunting blank page." (Steven Levitan, Co-Creator, Modern Family)
"There's joy in TV Land! As a longtime user and fan of Save the Cat!, I've found Jamie Nash has shifted the focus (without losing the principles) of Blake Snyder s groundbreaking work, creating a whole new way to look at developing television series that's filled with insight, ingenuity, and a generous sprinkling of humor. A new must-read for newcomers to the field and veterans looking to shake up their process." (Paris Barclay, Director/Producer/Writer, Sons of Anarchy, Glee, House, The Good Wife, In Treatment, Scandal, Empire, CSI, Lost, The West Wing, ER, NYPD Blue)
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- Sandra Thompson-Quartey
- 10-01-22
Very insightful, definitely recommend
I have read Save the Cat so this was a great follow on for me. The examples were very useful and overall it was entertaining. It was great refresher for me and I did learn some new things. Even though I am already familiar with pitch documents it's great that it includes it. It covers more than just writing the script, it covers pitching and practice required.
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- Simone Leigh
- 01-07-21
Fabulously entertaining and informative
I loved this audiobook and have now listened to it three times.
Having worked through to the original "Save the Cat' audiobooks, this one came out with perfect timing as I was considering whether it is practical to turn my existing novels into TV screenplays.
The content was just what I was looking for in terms of translating novel-writing skills into screenplay-writing techniques. Full of actionable advice, the audiobook is entertaining and witty. And the narrator, the author himself, delivered a beautiful reading. I will be looking out for anything else he either writes or narrates.
A full five stars.
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- Jodie
- 23-01-23
Good but…..
It’s clearly called ‘writes for TV’, but the majority of the chapter discuss movies. Some of the chapters bare no relevance to TV!
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