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Save the cat! writes a novel the last book on novel writing you'll ever need

"The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success. Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwri...

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Main Author: Brody, Jessica (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [Berkeley] California : Ten Speed Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
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Fiction > Authorship.
Fiction > Themes, motives.
Creative writing.
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Summary:"The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success. Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a successful story--from the opening image to the finale--this book lays out the Ten Story Genres (Monster in the House; Whydunit; Dude with a Problem) alongside quirky, original insights (Save the Cat; Shard of Glass) to help novelists craft a plot that will captivate--and a novel that will sell"--
Item Description:"Based on the best-selling Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder."
Includes index.
Physical Description:313 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780399579745
0399579745
Author Notes:JESSICA BRODY worked for MGM Studios as manager of acquisitions and business development before becoming an internationally best-selling author of more than fifteen novels for teens, tweens, and adults including The Geography of Lost Things, The Chaos of Standing Still, A Week of Mondays, and Better You Than Me. She's also the author of the Descendants: School of Secrets series, based on the hit Disney Channel original movie, Descendants. Her books have been translated and published in over 23 countries and Unremembered and 52 Reasons to Hate My Father are currently being developed for film through Reliance Entertainment by the producers of Zero Dark Thirty and Slumdog Millionaire . She travels the country teaching Save the Cat! workshops to novelists.

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