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Movie Trailers and the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet

How often these days are movies ruined for you by a tell-all trailer? On this week's blog, writer Cory Milles illustrates why you're likely feeling this way and -- spoiler alert -- the reason is connected to Blake Snyder's beats!  Plus, Cory has kindly included links to trailers that DON'T ruin the movie, so you can see exactly what he means. 
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Ben Frahm's New Movie

As far as STC! success stories go, this one's a big one! Master Cat! Ben Frahm has landed a major gig for Warner Bros. International, and we couldn't be prouder.
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Introducing Our New Book, Blake’s Blogs, Now On Sale

From 2005 until his death in 2009, Blake Snyder wrote his 3 best-selling Save the Cat!® books along with 209 blogs on the Save the Cat!® website.
The 112 blog posts in this ebook have been carefully curated and edited from Blake’s originals. We have selected posts that we believe are timeless, resonating as powerfully today as on the day Blake wrote them.
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