When summarizing your story, think about the protagonist’s main conflict and the stakes for failing to achieve their goal. Ask yourself the following questions: What does my character want above all else? How do they change? What are they afraid of? It helps you develop lean, page-turning prose.Īccording to Save the Cat! all pitches must contain irony, a compelling mental picture, and a killer title. You don’t need to become a screenwriter to learn from Save the Cat! In fact, I encourage all fiction writers and memoirists to study screenwriting. Effectively summarizing your work will help you understand your story and spend less time awkwardly rambling to fellow writers and agents. Whether you agree with him or not, learning to craft a logline or elevator pitch is an important skill all writers must learn. To keep the stakes low, Blake Snyder, belated author of Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, believed writers should create their loglines before writing their first word. The stakes can feel so high-especially if you’ve worked for years to create something. Most writers, including myself, tighten their neck scarves when hearing the words logline or elevator pitch. This is the question authors are most frequently asked.īut how do you distill art into a few lines-especially when you’re mid-project?
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