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The famous Robert McKee \"Story\" book, Syd Field's \"Screenplay\", Blake Snyder's \"Save The Cat\", Richard Walter & Lew Hunter representing UCLA's approach, David Howard & Paul Gullio bringing you the USC rules, Christopher Vogler channeling Joseph Campbell, William Goldman eschewing pedagogy and focusing on funny anecdotes, Linda Seger and John Truby and many others promoting their consultancies, and so on.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "f8e29f02-13e1-4e68-a812-076ccd6b1938", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.05, "w": 0.5, "x": 0.14, "y": 0.09 }, "kind": "title", "text": "Bonus Chapter. 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