Save The Cat

Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
Oh Blake Snyder you are so snappy.



This book is a wonderful resource for any aspiring Screenwriter. I found it to be very useful as an overview of a few great process ideas and it had some good stories from Blake's personal experiences with writing that are very insightful. This book also happens to be entertaining enough and not so heady that you can enjoy learning screenwriting.



My only thing about this book is that it seems leaned towards the PG writers as it seems that is where Snyder has made his niche. So as a resource it is fantastic but to continue in specific directions far from PG movies you may want to continue your research elsewhere as a supplement.


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Pig Latin

Today in the book I am finishing there is a chapter entitled 'Securus Te Projice" this is translated in the book, "Thrust yourself forward with confidence," and on further research it is a quote that St. Augustine used in his Confessions.

If I were the latin tattoo type this I may consider. It is just pure encouragement to me.

I thought briefly tonight as I stepped in to my elevator about the idea of 'take courage.' I wonder how many intangible things like courage, care, heed we can take by manner of our own will. Just as we would take food or drink we can choose to take courage as if there is a resource outside of ourself; a constant bounty of empowerment. I also suppose that there is an alternate source of disablement as well. Either way we take and through action we manifest the courage or the fear etc. We manifest the source.

Old Man

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
My first experience in Hemingway. I found it to be poetic and now I finally have the semblance of appreciation for this renown author that I should have had long ago. This book, in my opinion, is a metaphor for the frivolity of life. That we are all in our own way fishing for our one most amazing thing and through our troubles and toils even to the point of death we can indeed catch our dreams. However, despite our strengths, years of waiting, and even our successes our dreams will remain our accomplishments known greatest to only ourselves. However, the truth of our living accomplishments will also be known to those closest to us and will empower others to not only find success where we fell short but chase after bigger and better dreams.


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