About the book: 2014 / Here is a screenwriting guide that tells you how to create a script with good commercial potential, bright characters and a memorable title. Snyder shares his author's ideas: an unusual classification of film genres and the structure of scripts that most successful films fit into. Blake Snyder is a screenwriter and producer. As a freelance artist, he earned millions of dollars in Hollywood by selling his scripts. He taught at several educational institutions; his book is used as the basis for screenwriting courses at universities in the USA and Canada..