Episode · How I Write · 2024-09-11
Books mentioned on The Secret to Storytelling?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Save the cat!
Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder is a widely influential screenwriting guide that breaks down storytelling into structured beats and character-driven formulas.
Recommended“So, learning all of that and like reading books like there's a great book on screenwriting called Kill the Save the Cat.”
Where to get it
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The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is a classic tragic novella that follows an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles endlessly with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.
Discussed“He's Hemingway. But what he does is like pick up The Old Man and the Sea. He says old man and sea and blue and boat like 10 times.”
Where to get it
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The Alchemist
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a philosophical novel about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels in search of treasure and discovers his personal legend.
Discussed“And I I went and was talking to him and I was like, "How does it feel to know that like your book The Alchemist has been on the New York Times best seller list for like 15 years, you know?"”
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Rocket men
Rocket Men by Robert Kurson is a gripping narrative nonfiction account detailing the historic Apollo 8 mission and the daring astronauts who journeyed to the moon.
Recommended“And to do that, I'm going to read you a quote from a book that I love called Rocket Men by Robert Kurson.”
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