Here are four examples of "save the cat" scenes, named by screenwriting guru Blake Snyder as a handy way to connect the main character to the viewer (or reader, if you're a novelist, like me).

In a "save the cat" scene, the main character reveals that, beneath all the flaws and moral ambiguity, he or she is a decent person worth rooting for.

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