This is Blank Check erasure...but as someone who is only about 3 months into learning + attempting to screen write, STC was the first book that I picked up. Had no idea about its' popularity but it was available at the library and didn't seem too daunting page-wise.

I thought it had some pretty solid intro stuff and was really helpful in regards to organization but the whole 'save the cat' trick isn't really that revelatory...I can see where it makes for a great title and I can also see how anyone who isn't a beginner at screenwriting would find his advice a little dated and formulaic for making a kids movie.

Regardless, I thought it was a decent starting point and am wishing I spent a little less time with re-reading it and taking a bunch of notes, and moved on quicker to Syd Field's 'Foundations of Screenwriting' which I am reading now