A Book to Read if You Want to Write for TV (And Giveaway!)

I’m so excited to introduce you to the newest addition to the Save the Cat! writing reference series: Save the Cat! Writes for TV! by Jamie Nash.

Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat!, the world’s top-selling story method for filmmakers and novelists, introduces The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You’ll Ever Need. 

Screenwriter Jamie Nash takes up Snyder’s torch to lay out a step-by-step approach using Blake’s principles for both new and experienced writers, including:

• How to write and structure a compelling TV pilot that can launch both your series and your TV writing career 
• All the nuances, tricks, and techniques of pilot-writing: the Opening Pitch, the Guided Tour, the Whiff of Change, and more 
• The 8 Save the Cat! TV Franchise Types that will improve your story and your pitch
• The not-so-secret TV Pitch Template that turns your TV series into the necessary read-over-lunch industry document
• a how-to in creating layered characters who are driven by complex internal struggles
• Beat sheets of the pilots of Barry, Ozark, Grey’s Anatomy, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, What We Do in the Shadows, Black-ish, The Mandalorian, This Is Us, Law and Order: SVU and more to help you crack your story.

Purchase a copy of this book on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. Or save it to your GoodReads reading list.

About the Author, Jamie Nash

Jamie Nash has written and sold almost every type of story under the sun, including the horror films Exists, V/H/S/2, The Night Watchmen, Altered, and Lovely Molly, and the family films Santa Hunters and Tiny Christmas. He has written the Middle-Grade novels Bunk! and The 44 Rules of Amateur Sleuthing and the sci-fi novel Nomad. Jamie knows what it’s like to make a living as a writer. When he s not writing and selling work, he teaches screenwriting at Johns Hopkins University and MICA and co-hosts the podcast Writers/Blockbusters. Jamie lives in Maryland with his wife, son, and a talking dog.

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I’m also excited to announce that I am giving away a copy of this book to one lucky reader. Enter via Rafflecopter below. US only. Ends on 9/5.

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