Snyder also introduced 10 genres that distinguished how stories are structured. To avoid clichés, the movie must give us the same thing… only different. In other words, the screenwriter must give it a twist.Ī movie falls into a category which has rules. The screenwriter can be near and almost embrace the cliché, and at the last moment does not do so. In chapter 2, of his landmark book, “Give me the same thing… only different!”, Snyder mentioned that a screenwriter’s daily conundrum is how to avoid cliché. this is in contrast to the standard generic terms such as “comedy,” “drama” and “thriller etc. I can figure out the type of story the movie is trying to tell and which narrative it is fitting in. With names like “Monster in the House”, “Golden Fleece”, “Out of the Bottle”, they have given me a new perspective as to how I can look at the types of movies and stories. But the thing I like most is the ten “genres”. “Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need” by Blake Snyder is a formula book focused on the structure and elements of a screenplay.Īfter reading it, I have found it to be useful in writing.
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