Beat sheet

Do you know how to use the Save the Cat Beat Sheet? It's a novel-writing template with 15 plot points, and I want to show you how to use it!

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Save the Cat Beat Sheet for Novels - "Wicked" - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document outlines the basic plot points of the musical Wicked according to Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet. It provides a brief description of each major story event, including the arrival of the main characters at Shiz University, Elphaba's invitation to study with Madame Morrible and meet the Wizard, the spreading of rumors labeling Elphaba as "wicked", her…

Want to write a story that works? Learn how to plot your novel using the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet in this post! (Free worksheet included!) #writingtips

Here's a Scrivener template for my Master Beat Sheet, which combines the Save the Cat Beat Sheet and my Story Engineering Beat Sheet.

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of story structure. I’ve created several beat sheets and have oodles of posts about the topic. But I’m also not a math person, so the idea of working in Excel for all those worksheets gave me the heebie-jeebies at first. I’m probably not the only one. It doesn’t […]

Master storytelling with the Save the Cat Beat Sheet, a strategic blueprint to outlining and enhancing every part of your narrative journey in 15 steps.

Save the Cat Beat Sheet Template (Save a copy to edit)

A few weeks ago, I was at the half-way point of my first draft and having trouble with my plot. After ten months of steadily pounding away at the keyboard and chipping at the word count, I was incr…

Blake Snyder's beat sheet

The Save the Cat outline is a story structure guide based on specific story beats. A story beat is an event in a story that causes change or a shift.

Story outlining can be tough! There are various writing techniques to help structure your short-story, novel, or script. In this article, I share a useful tool used by authors and screenwriters to build an effective plot! So, you have a book (or screenwriting) idea. You sit down in front of your laptop or notebook, and… Read More »Storybuilding: Save the Cat! Beat Sheet

When you’re cooking up a story, it’s important to have a plan. Without a solid story structure, it’s easy to get lost in a maze of subplots and character arcs, with no clear direction of where you’re going.

Understand the 15 points of Save The Cat beat sheet with examples from 4 diverse movies across the world

Discover 7 of the most popular story structure models used by writers today. Suitable for authors, playwrights, and screenwriters.

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month—write a 50K word novel during November) starts today, and while I plan to continue blogging throughout NaNo, I wanted to make sure I gave you something good to keep you happy during my crazy month. *smile* Of course, whether or not you’d define today’s post as anything good might depend […]

Spreadsheets are some of the best book writing software for planning a book. Here's how to create a beat sheet to outline a novel in Google Sheets.

Outline : your story's Beat Sheet writing outlining plot & structure. ●ACT I •OPENING SCENE : The hook. •Start in the middle of an action, a scene which reveals an interesting trait of your main character that will make your reader want to know more about him…

An answer to one of the questions novelists using the Save the Cat! plotting method often have: What’s the relationship between beats and chapters?