Episode 213 - Save the cat plotting.
About this episode
This episode discusses the 'save the cat' technique for character development and features insights from best seller Lawrence Block on improving fiction writing skills.
How can we get readers to admire and respect our hero, maybe even to fall in love with him? Our hero can save the cat. Here is how the screenwriters' save the cat technique can apply to our novels. Also, best seller Lawrence Block on how we can use our pleasure reading to improve our fiction writing skills. Support the show Buy the master class.
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