What is the "Break into 2" beat in the Save the Cat! beat sheet?
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Want to see the Save the Cat! Break into 2 beat done well? In this video, I break down some of my favorite "Break into 2" beats from novels.
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Love love love! Thanks so much!
Love your Vblogs, Jess! Thank you for the great tip. I will def remember this one now :-)
Thanks for the tip! It really helped me.
I hope you will be upload more writing tips :)
Thanks Katie So glad it was helpful!
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Thanks, Martha! I'm happy you enjoyed it!
Thanks Jessica.. It's really helpful :)
Thanks Holly! I'm glad it helped you! Please post questions that you would like answered and I will try to incorporate them in my next video!
Thank you for watching!
That's a great description of the break into 2. Thanks for sharing. I have a friend who swears by STC for structuring his novels (and has had great success, including an Edgar nomination of all things). I read the book a while back, but have yet to try applying it to my own books. I could never figure out how to lay out the beats in a novel-length work. I've always had trouble with Act 1. Making a quarter of my book all "set-up" before the main conflict starts baffles me.
+Rob Cornell I see what you mean! I think we all struggle with different parts of books. Do you adjust your plan then after you get into the main conflict? Whatever works for you is the way to go! Thanks for writing!
+Jessica Brody Well, as it stands now, I introduce the main conflict pretty early (first couple chapters). It's been suggested that this doesn't allow the reader time to get fully invested in the characters first. Which makes sense to me. But then I struggle with how exactly to fill the first act without boring the reader. I'm pretty sure the issue is my interpretation of the BS2 rather than the BS2 itself. :)
Wish I watched this video a month ago. I just finished writing act one 😫
Thanks for doing this. I've recently started writing my first screenplay and have put a LOT of time into researching different ways to make it as professional as possible. I have the first sequence written, and have stopped to finish an outline, first, because I found myself going back and changing everything I had written, quite a few times, every time I've changed something in the story. I know a basic synopsis of the entire story in my head
(As a promise to his dead partner, a retired hitman writes a book to expose the gang responsible for his death, but when his wife hires her ex to kill him, he is forced to go on the run under the protection of the very same gang, using his book as life insurance)
but am having trouble filling in all the scenes in between the major plot points. I've planned out act 1 which ends with the protagonist and his partner being shot by a hitman priest, leaving the partner dead and the hero in a coma. Act 2 begins a couple years later, when he's out of the coma, trying to publish his book, but is rejected as they are only interested in purchasing the movie rights, to turn it into a movie. He declines (later in the story, he realizes that they've made a movie of the story anyway) as he doesn't want his book of factual events, turned into fictional, Hollywood garbage. This is where I'm stuck. I'm trying to fill in the stretch between here and the midpoint, which is where his wife hires her ex to kill him. I find myself coming up with things that feel too forced, just to fill space, rather than something meaningful, although, I may have something to use. I'm trying to create a subplot where he meets this girl (who he first sees while in his coma) and they start seeing a lot of each other. Later, he finds out she's the daughter of the priest hitman that he killed after being shot by him, just as she finds out he's the man who killed her father. I don't know, though. The difference between my act 1 and 2 is that in act 1, we see him as a funny guy, always joking around, even in the most serious of times, but being shot and sent into a coma changes him (he is now disabled, depressed, his marriage is ruined, and he's determined to get back at the people who ruined his life). It's just so hard giving a life to someone who doesn't want one.
It sounds like you've been hard at work! Keep at it! I have other writing tips on my website and I highly recommend the Save the Cat book. Good luck! :-)
Thanks Jessica! By the way, I thought you might want to know (if you don't already), I was reading Blake Snyder's book, Save the Cat, and sent him an email about some loglines of mine, and got an email back from someone who has access to his email address, saying that he died a while back. I think the email said 2009. They said he just died suddenly.
You are the first person that has discribed to me about Act 1 and Act 2, i have written stories in both concepts where the setting doesn't change but mostly around when they do but the character doesn't change as much but gets worse, is this another clean break into Act 2? also, great job at explaining this it was clear and easy to understand A Plus Plus
YAY!! I'm so glad I was able to help you! It's okay if your setting doesn't change, but then your character needs to change and have a new way of approaching life to enter into the new Act 2 world. I hope that helps! Good luck with your writing!! :)
ok! thank you so much! :D
wow i like this plot of My Life Undecided where can i find it?
The Save the cat book
I found out about you from the Save The Cat site. Do you still apply Blake's beats?
Hello @Jessica Broody I have a copy of save the cat writes a novel need to learn more how to use this Book I am a writer but no author yet wanting to be ne my passion
Hello! Thanks! I'm glad you have a copy, and I hope Save the Cat helps you. Take it one section at a time. You may find that my videos will help you with the writing process, too. You can do it!
@@jessicabrody1 Thank you very much your videos are helpful.
@@LisaPittman42 Yeah! I'm happy to hear that!
Hello jessica, can you help me please? i have a fantasy novel with 6 protagonists i'm planning to release the book in series but i don't want them to be long any suggestion on outlining them? thank you
Did you finish writing it?