Book · recommended on 2 episodes
Save the Cat
Blake Snyder ISBN 9781974905614
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Blake Snyder ISBN 9781974905614
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This book by Blake Snyder has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Brandon Sanderson, Michelle Khare. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2025-02-11 and the most recent from 2026-04-07. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“we are going to study Snyder's Beats and we're going to study the save the cat of it all. Those two books are so good”— Michelle Khare
The guest here is Michelle Khare: YouTube creator and host of Challenge Accepted, where she attempts the world's toughest stunts and professions. 6M+ followers, 1B+ views, Time 100 honoree, and the first creator to petition onto the prime-time Emmy ballot. Former BuzzFeed producer, Dartmouth grad. YouTube creator Michelle Khare on building Challenge Accepted, fear-setting, cold emails, and choosing the hard path that becomes a defensible moat.
“so I do recommend save the cat but save the cat goes in the movies I haven't read that”— Brandon Sanderson
The guest here is Brandon Sanderson: Bestselling epic fantasy author (Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive) who finished Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and built Dragonsteel, a direct-to-consumer publishing company. Holds the record for the largest Kickstarter ever. Brandon Sanderson breaks down how he built a fantasy publishing empire through writing habits, magic systems, and a record-shattering $41M Kickstarter.
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