Snyder's script sold for $500,000 after a major studio bidding war. His first spec screenplay sale was in 1989 for the script Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot - which ironically would later star Rocky actor and writer Stallone. Originally published in 2005, Snyder wrote the book in an attempt to explain and break down the various beats that he felt most successful screenplays should have. The late Blake Snyder wrote what became a pinnacle screenwriting book for any new screenwriter coming onto the scene - Save the Cat. In the context of screenwriting, those elements have been seemingly replaced by the notion that secret formulas can make up for that. In a world and industry always in search of quick solutions and easy formulas to follow for success, we often forget what really drives us to greatness - truth, heart, and instinct - three elements that can be found throughout the Rocky screenplay. Right? Not according to Rocky, and most other successful screenplays. And then your final "image" has to be on page 110. Your all is lost moment must always be on page 75. Your break into Act II is required to be on page 25. On page 12 you need to have your catalyst moment presented.
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