BONUS EPISODE: Save the Cat Screenwriting Story Structure Made Easy

Why would you want to 'Save the Cat'? If you are a
screenwriter or aspiring one you should have heard by now of Blake
Snyder's game-changing screenwriting book.

In his 20-year career as a film producer and screenwriter, Blake
Snyder sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing Blank
Check, which became a hit for Disney, and Nuclear
Family for Steven Spielberg — both million-dollar sales. Named
“one of Hollywood’s most successful spec screenwriters,” Blake sold
his last screenplay in 2009.

His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting
You’ll Ever Need, was published in May 2005, and is now in its
24th printing. When I read this book it really had an impact
on my storytelling and screenwriting.

Thankful Blake was not done and apparently it was not quite
the last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need, as the eagerly
awaited sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The
Screenwriter’s Guide to Every Story Ever Told, was published in
October, 2007 — shooting to #1 in the Screenwriting and
Screenplay categories on Amazon.com. Blake’s third book, Save
the Cat! Strikes Back: More Trouble for Screenwriters to Get
Into… And Out Of was published in November 2009.

Blake’s method has become the “secret weapon” of many development
executives, managers, and producers for its precise, easy, and
honest appraisal of what it takes to write and develop stories that
resonate. Save the Cat! The Last Story Structure Software
You’ll Ever Need has codified this method. Blake passed
unexpectedly in 2009 but the Save the Cat community carries on
Blake's work.

I had the pleasure of interviewing one of Blake's main
pupils Jose Silerio. Jose is carrying the torch of Blake's
work and travels around the world well...saving the cat.

Enjoy my informative interview with Jose Silerio.

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