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Blake Snyder is back with the book countless readers and students have clamoured for. Inspired by questions from his workshops, lectures, and emails, Blake listened and provides new tips, tactics, and techniques to solve your writing problems and create stories that resonate: The 7 warning signs you might have a…

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Save the Cat is nuts and bolts, but Strikes Back! is spiritual lightning. After STC, Blake went around the world, visiting writer's groups inspired by his book. Their input changed him and helped me. I thank them all! My copy is crazy highlighted, written in, and well-worn. Blake learned, and so did I, SO much about writing and its psychology, like how an "independent spirit" can wreck positive mojo or how clinging to a bad idea is because I was afraid I couldn't think of a better one. 

Like STC, it's accessible, totally understandable, and wonderfully helpful, but it's... way…

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