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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
- The Last Book on Novel Writing You'll Ever Need
- Narrated by: Jessica Brody
- Series: Save the Cat!
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Education & Learning, Words, Language & Grammar
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Publisher's 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 audiobook lays out the 10 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.
With a PDF that includes charts, lists, and exercises from the audiobook.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
Critic Reviews
“Every novelist should own a copy of this book. It will change the way you think about stories - and your writing. Jessica Brody takes the mystery and frustration out of plotting a novel. I’ll never write another book without a copy of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel.” (Kami Garcia, number-one New York Times best-selling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures and author of Broken Beautiful Hearts)
"Good plotters aren't born. They're formed by studying the twists and turns of others' stories. Save the Cat! Writes a Novel is a perfect plot study tool for all levels of writer. It will help you dissect any plot conundrum, conceive your story's blueprint, and give a beat to every pivot of your hero's journey." (Grant Faulkner, executive director of National Novel Writing Month and author of Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo)
“Through its insightful use of beat sheets, genres, and trade secrets, this book is an invaluable guide through the daunting task of writing a novel.” (Jessica Khoury, author of The Forbidden Wish and Last of Her Name)
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- SB
- 02-26-19
Tip for finding the PDF!!!
I called customer service looking for the promised PDF. Turns out the file isn’t viewable via the Audible app. You have to log onto the actual Audible website for the “view PDF” link to appear in your library.
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- Arial Burnz
- 10-23-18
Yes...It IS the LAST Book on Novel Writing...
Yes...this IS the LAST book on novel writing you'll ever need. And it should be the FIRST if you're just getting into novel writing.
I've been writing for over 20 years and this book takes the guess work out of how to write a GOOD or even SPECTACULAR novel. As an editor, I've encountered hundreds of horrible stories that had a ton of potential. If I had this book when I was an editor, I would have recommended it to every single one of my writers. It not only helps you craft a great story, but it helps you tighten up one you have already written.
I was a bit put off at first that the author was narrating the novel (because that doesn't go well more often than not), but I'm too busy NOT to have bought the audiobook. I just don't have the time to sit down and focus in the middle of a remodel and I've already read the Save the Cat! books for screenplays. I knew this would be good. My attitude was that I would grin and bear it and glean the information. Jessica Brody did a surprisingly good job and the production quality was superb! No clicks, inappropriate breaths or technical issues.
This has already helped me figure out what's wrong with my current WIP (work in progress) and why my other novels aren't as good as they can be. I'll be recommending this to all my author friends and I won't plot another book without it!
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- M.C. Gallacher
- 03-23-19
A nice compilation of best practices
I'm not a published writer but have always enjoyed a good science-fiction novel. I've always thought about writing a short story or a novel, so I thought I would give this book a try. I was surprised how much of the book was information I had heard before in little bits and pieces. It actually inspired confidence in me that I could write something that someone else would enjoy reading. In other words, that writing is a learnable skill and that I could do it.
I found the organization of the book to be useful and the examples to be more helpful than I anticipated. I am a skeptic by nature and believe that we has humans tend to accept evidence which supports our existing views and discard evidence which does not. I wondered at first if the examples would just be one-offs which support the methodology described in this book. The examples certainly do fit well with the hypothesis.
However, as I examine additional popular stories and movies, I increasingly believe that the approach described in this book is more the rule and less the exception. This doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of classic tales which don't follow this pattern, but that's not even the point. Creative writing (by definition IMO) doesn't have rules but that doesn't preclude certain tales/genres/patterns from being particularly appealing to the human mind.
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- Chinwe
- 10-10-18
Excellent work!
I preordered the book, but was pleasantly surprised to see the audible version was released the same day. I just couldn't stop listening. I've been a fan of save the cat, and this book, in my opinion is the "missing link" that unites the other books, for a deeper and yet simple understanding of the Blake Snyder beat sheet method. Good job!
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- Kevin Potter
- 06-05-19
A good blueprint
As with the Save The Cat screenwriting book, there is a lot of awesome information to be found here.
The flip side to that, is there are some things I disagree with.
That being said, if you're a writer or an aspiring writer of any skill level and at any point in your career (or lack thereof), this is absolutely a book you should read.
Regardless of how long you've been writing or how good your writing is, I challenge anyone to read this and not glean at least a handful of nuggets of wisdom.
If nothing else, there is a wonderful beat sheet that will almost certainly revolutionize either your outline process or your revision process, depending on what sort of writer you are.
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- Johnny Gonzalez
- 04-28-19
A book that can’t be beat!
Phenomenal instructional book. You truly will not need another about how to write a novel.
The overall four star rating is not a reflection of the book or the author, but rather of audible because I did not receive the bonus PDF; or at the very least could not find it. When you buy the book, check for the PDF. If you don’t receive it, be sure to contact audible before you start the book. Now, I’m off for a re-read and a hunt for the PDF!
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- Drew Ross
- 04-12-19
A wonderfully fun roadmap.
One of the first steps to actually writing your novel is to break down the daunting task into manageable parts. Only then are you able to write with some idea of where you are going. This is the most user friendly roadmap I’ve encountered yet.
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- TBanny
- 10-18-18
loved it
I have been waiting for a long time for cave the cat to come out in a book just for novels and it didn't disappoint
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- E.H.
- 06-09-19
Genuine effort, and thorough content, albeit a bit cheesy
I was pretty skeptical of this book, with the awareness that my inexperience would naturally make me bristle at the writer’s somewhat technical attitude towards plotting. And there were some aspects that I found hard to accept, but mostly I thought this book and the author had some fantastic insight into storytelling, and how the craft can be focused into great production.
The reading itself by the author was heartfelt, and I personally appreciate the effort, but it was also a little cheesy.
That being said, the genuine approach, coupled with what was at its core extremely detailed information, made this a great audiobook, and I’m glad I experienced it. I’d recommend this to any writer. Thanks Mrs. Brody!
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- Ed Rocha
- 08-07-20
Poor sequel of the Script version
I had already read the script version and I purchased this one thinking it would have bring more to the table but it brought nothing new. The Script version is awesome, this one is just a poor sequel.
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- Meg Z
- 10-17-18
Excellent!
This is very practical audiobook with useful PDF companion that I found very helpful. It's worth recommending to anybody who writes fiction but I found it very interesting tool to analyse the books I know and well love. One of the best guides I have ever bought.
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- Lobot
- 05-12-20
Formula over creativity.
This is a sad place for any writer to end up.
Why write what you feel when you can write to a formula for success and money. The worst of humanity, where commerce directs art.
Shakespeare, Dickens, Bronte, Tolkien and many more made better without this lame approach.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-29-20
nobody likes vocal fry! why do it?
good book but can't finish it due to vocal fry of narrator. just can't bear it. sorry
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- Tormod Antonsen
- 09-22-20
Marketing fir itself.
I feel in general, that when I've bought something I don't need more commercials for the thing I've bought. This book seems like one long marketing ploy fit itself. It is inedible. Nothing new here either. Just common sense crammed into a list. When come to think of it; when was the last time I heard a world renowned author praise the existence of some list of his that made all his characters come to life? Can't remember, must have been many...
I think that if you drink yourself to near death for thirty years and then, just as you're about to finish it of by rope, you decide to write a novel instead, it stands a far better chance of being an interesting read than if you read this book instead.
With that said, there seems only one way ahead. I guess I'm of to the Barnacle. How about you?
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- Rosemarie Ellwood
- 02-19-19
Fantastic! does exactly what it says in the title
Absolutely fantastic! This is the best book on writing I have ever listened to. I would highly recommend it to writers starting out.
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- Sub
- 05-29-21
Recycled material/Plagiarism and reading of lists.
Jessica Brody fails in an attempt to adapt Blake Snyder's brilliant book on screenwriting to novel writing. Even on a basic level, the author draws from movie examples trying to assign them to the standard beats/acts that you should be including in your novel. There is a lot of reading of lists, Jessica would start chapters reeling of names of movies and their writers (multiple times in case we forget) in order to fill time - but it gets repetitive and boring very quickly. She literally lists films and their beats in full.
If you're writing or working on a novel there are much better books out there - try the great courses ones. There is very little in this about actually developing your novel - just a verbal spreadsheet of beats, acts, and movies - avoid!
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- Gammon Buster
- 01-20-22
Ok for beginners but doesn't offer anything unique
Some valuable information, and certainly a book beginners could find useful. But much of it was filled with generic formulaic fluff that you've probably heard before if you've read any other books like this. I expected a bit more.
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- Farhan Qureshi
- 08-07-21
it's up to you whether to follow the formula
I understand people's apprehension towards very formulaic structure this book presents.
My speech to this book read whether or not you want to learn about the formula.
Just because there is a formula does not mean you have to follow it, my approach is that I would rather know about the formula and decide how I would like to apply it to my writing.
I suggest giving this book a try learning the formula and then decide how much you want to apply to own writing.
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- dobby_the_house_elf
- 06-18-19
Save the cat but better
I’d been recommended save the cat, but to find a new edition focused on writing rather than screenplay was a bonus.
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- David Marcus
- 04-15-22
Helpful guide for beginners
This audio book is good for total beginners with lots of examples and tips to recreate the templates of several genres, mainly for young adults which will like a formulated book but don’t expect much. The narrator is soooo slow and over punctuated, I found it easier with increasing the speed to x1.5.
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- Paul Miller
- 04-12-20
I am so motivated right now
I’ve been thinking about writing for a while, and not actually doing anything about it. I feel like this is the book I’ve been waiting for to fire the starting pistol.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-09-22
Reignited my love of narrative.
I've struggled to get back into writing for almost a year now. Save the Cat! has reignited my love of narrative and helped me get back into doing what I love.
It's no surprise that a book about narrative structure is so well thought out and easy to digest. Brody quotes in the book, "if you can't explain something simply, you don't understand it well enough," a fact she proves by explaining the daunting process of planning in a way that anyone can understand, and learn something from, no matter your level of knowledge.
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- BillionaireManzi
- 05-21-21
Thank you, Wonderful BOOK
Love the save the cat series and this is yet another amazing entry to it... Definitely a wonderful read for ANY STORY TELLER..
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- Jersey Girl
- 02-21-21
great advice
This is a really good book about the steps you should take to make your novel more exciting. It was extremely helpful for me. It also introduced me to the save the cat idea that I wasn't aware of until I read this book. Jessica does a great job reading her book.
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- david s.
- 12-31-20
Brilliant
Her analysis of story structure and character transformation and the beats of all story is outstanding