Welcome to the 25th writing club update! 😊
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Now, I haven’t fully read the book but I heard a lot about the theories in it. And they make sense if you “write for the modern mainstream market”. I don’t think truly old-fashioned books followed this formula either, the Save The Cat formula from what I’ve heard seems - with this narrow focus - to be a more modern invention.
For example, I write these type of books where people say Save The cat applies, yet I don’t consider it useful because I write for the purpose of art, not for the purpose of sales.
Edit: and I’m not entirely against streamlining. I do it as well, for aspects where I think it fits my work. However, I don’t like writing books that only present the streamlined view as the correct one, I just decided against buying a similar one yesterday for that reason. I think writing books should be broad and open-minded, so that new artists choose the narrow mainstream path consciously rather than because they think that’s the only option.