Helping give constructive feedback to other writersīut above all else, SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A NOVEL will help you better understand the fundamentals and mechanics of plot, character transformation, and what makes a story work! Introduction Implementing feedback from agents and/or editors

Whether you’re writing your first novel or your seventeenth, Save the Cat! breaks down plot in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step method so you can write stories that resonate! This book can help you with any of the following:īreaking out of the dreaded “writer’s block”įleshing out/test driving a new idea to see if it “has legs” Now, for the first time ever, bestselling author and writing teacher, Jessica Brody, takes the beloved Save the Cat! plotting principals and applies them to the craft of novel writing in this exciting new “workshop style” guide, featuring over 20 full beat sheets from popular novels throughout time. SAVE THE CAT!® by Blake Snyder is a popular screenwriting book series and storytelling methodology used by screenwriters, directors, and studio execs across Hollywood. So let’s get started with this bonus Weekend Writer deep dive. Thankfully, after just one chapter, I can say that I have a good feeling about this book. I’m starting to get to the point where I can accept that not everything is for me (like that last book for Weekend Writer). Some of the panels are immensely useful with a lot of fascinating info, some of the panels just motivate me to create and to write, and some of the panels just don’t end up being for me. When David and I attend Gen Con each year, I focus a lot of my attention on the Gen Con Writers Symposium, where I attend a number of panels hosted by a number of authors and editors. So, gotta love being a jack of all trades.

I actually remember taking tests on what kind of learner you are, and finding it fun that I was pretty much even on all three, and in tests to determine if I’m right brained or left brained, again I was an even split. Basically I’m a visual learner, an audio learner, and a hands-on learner. While I find that I can pick up quite a bit of information from reading about it, I’m also pretty good with learning by listening to lectures, and from actually doing things. If I take myself back to the couple of years where I was studying education in college, there are a variety of different learning methodologies and people will learn things in different ways. Every time I pick up a writing craft book, I wonder what I’m going to learn, if I’m going to relate to how the subject matter is presented, and if the book is going to one that I connect with and read quickly or if it’s going to be a slog.

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