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Category: Save the Cat

Articles about applying concepts from the book Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder to writing and editing fiction

“Save the Cat” Part 3: Using a Beat Sheet to Edit “Army of Brass”

March 25, 2018 Phoebe Darqueling

I used lessons learned from Save the Cat while finishing up the writing and editing of the collaborative novel, Army of Brass. (Available now!) I

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“Save the Cat” Series Part 2: Using a Beat Sheet to Rewrite “No Rest for the Wicked”

March 18, 2018 Phoebe Darqueling

I started this series based on using Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat back in August when I thought I’d trucking right along  in the “Mistress of

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Attempting to “Save the Cat” Part 1: Some Thoughts on Blake Snyder’s Screenwriting Bible

August 22, 2017 Phoebe Darqueling

I once heard the title, Save the Cat!, bandied about at a writing symposium, and once or twice in various writing groups on Facebook. I

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