How to Use the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet to Write Scenes and Chapters
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- Use the popular Save the Cat! beat sheet to make the scenes and chapters of your novel more riveting! From the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel!
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You have saved the Fun and Games section of my novel! I had no idea where to go with it until I saw your video about using Beat sheet for scenes. It is flowing now, each scene will be a page turner, and much better than I could have hoped! Thank you! I will go back and look at each scene written so far and see if they could be improved by using this method.
Hey Jessica! Hope this message finds you in the best of health and happiness. Coming across your book was the BEST THING that happened to me as a writer! Never in my life have I been able to relate and implement a concept as much as this one!!! I have been able to spot the concept in many great and classic books as well!!! EVERY POINT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED HOLDS TRUE!!!! Your book has significantly contributed to make my plot super interesting! A VERY HEARTFELT THANK YOU for writing this AWESOME book!!
Thank you! Your kind posts are making my week! I'm so very happy to hear how the book has helped you. Keep writing!
I found you a few weeks ago (journaling and watching youtube videos). I purchased the Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and spent the last two days delving into and understanding the beat sheet. The book is just fantastic and ever so clearly written and helpful. I subscribed to the newsletter. I am an avid journal writer, so it took me more than a day to transcribe the notes from you book into my journal for easy reference. The examples in chapters 3-13 were so helpful in seeing in action the beat sheets at work! Thank you Jessica. You have such a talent! Thank you for sharing it.
Bought the Kindle, the Audible, and the book book. It's everywhere I want it to be.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you are finding it helpful!
Patricia Babbitt, I guess I need to get the Kindle version to keep up. I only have the audio and physical book.... so far.
awesome info. it's great and quite smart applying the beat sheats to scenes in the book. This truly helps keep the reader engaged in the story as the plot thickens. I have been analyzing which beats are what from my scenes of my book.
This blueprint helps me fix the what has fallen flat or just doesn't work in the timeline in the scene. Save the Cat..Novel is a life Savor. We writers are so blessed that you are sharing so much with us...U R A blessing Jessica!🙏🙏🙏
Aww, thanks so much! I really appreciate your kind words! You can do this - and I'm glad the book is helping you. Best of luck with your writing!
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Just found you online after listening to Mel Robbins, awesome video. I have had writer's block for 30 yrs and love the way you broke down the scene beats, big things are made of lots of little things. Great channel! Thank you.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate hearing this. I hope the beat system helps you! Good luck with your writing!
Jessica, your book 'Save The Cat Writes a Novel' is the best thing I've ever read. Thank you a million times.
Thank you so much! You made my week! I'm so glad it's helpful for you. Keep writing!
Excellent Video! I have your book and I just love it!!! But I never thought to use it to break down scenes. Who knew?!
Thanks so much, Lori! I hope it helps you with your writing!
Thank you-Scenes are going to shine now.
Scene level explanation - especially useful. Thank you.
This video just helped me plot the first scene of my first book, I am so grateful for your work ❤
I deleted the critique and decided to say keep doing it as long as it makes you happy!
And thanx for posting
Good luck with your writing!
Priceless, this. Thank you so much. And your book has given me a faint hope that I can finally and actually create a book of my own. I literally can’t thank you enough if that really happens.
thanks Jessica :)
I’m grateful 🙏🏻
This channel is gold!
Hi Jessica , I am currently writing my second book. The first one I wrote based on a play that I had written so the process was different. I have your Save the Cat Writes a Novel and Love it! I'm looking into the store to buy the scene and beat cards. I am excited to have these cards shipped and not need to do them myself and go straight into plotting :) Thanks!
Wonderful! I'm so glad it's helpful! You can do this!
Just finishing Chapter 1 and have laughed at least once per page; you're funny Jessica. I'm not a writer. I'm a real estate agent who wants his YT vids to have more life and be more fun to watch. I'm thinking that using a beat sheet modified for video might be helpful. I'm going to try to figure that out. Anyhow, I appreciate the work you are sharing with us here and in your Save The Cat Writes A Novel book.
Thanks so much! I like your idea of using the beat sheets on your videos! Good luck - I'll bet you can do it!
Just ordered my copy today.
Thank you so much! I hope it helps with your writing!
Amazing love the book and the Academy. I want to apply this to commercial stories too. Will be looking at BS applications to those... your book is helping sooo much!! Thank you.
whoa, Mind Blown Hazah!
Thanks so much! I'm happy to know my book is helping! Best of luck with your writing!
This book is a must have for every writer!!!! Thank you so much, Jessica!!! ☺️
This makes my week! Thanks so much!
I just bought this book. Excited to get ahold of this tomorrow 😍
Loved the book so much, that after reading the ebook, I just ordered the paperback as well. A tip! Would love colored pages at each beat.
Loved your book and happy to have found your channel! Subscribed a few days ago (as well as to your newsletter) and have been watching your videos. I've discovered I'm a pantser, and though I have an idea of where I want my story to go, my characters have lead the charge instead. 🙄🙄 I printed out your Scene Beat Sheet and will try to use it. Thank you for your book, your channel, and your tips.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed the book and are finding my videos helpful. I hope the beats can help you even though it sounds like you've found a way to write that works for you. Keep writing!
@@jessicabrody1 To be honest, I had a harder time "filling out" the full story beats. I couldn't work on the chapter/scene beat yesterday, but I did on Monday and found it very helpful! Forcing myself and my characters to go in a different direction. LOL Thanks again! Hope to one day sign up for your online course. Have a good week! :)
Wow! Thank you so much.
You're so welcome! I hope this helps you! Best of luck with your writing!
I recently got your book in the mail. So excited to read it!
I hope it is useful for you and your writing! Thanks so much!
Thank you!
i bought the book lost it an now bought the online book so I cannot lose it. I also purchased the udemy course. love it all. what else do you teach?
Thank you so much! I'm so happy my book and course were helpful for you. I have the Writing Mastery Academy courses here: www.jessicabrody.com/online-writing-courses/ I hope you can join us!
Jessica, I love the idea of the "beat". It implies a human algorithm, which I'm already sold for a description of human behavior. However, I'm curious: Is this algorithm static or dynamic?. Here static being the story will be successful for current times / generation or if it will be timeless? Where do you think these algorithms you've discovered lie?
I purchased your audio book tonight. I plan on listening to it in hopes it helps me to develop a story for the characters that live in my head.
Paul, thank you for purchasing the book! I hope it helps with your writing! For the beats, I took the existing Save the Cat structure from screenwriting and helped adapt it to novel writing. You may want to see more at savethecat.com
I've been wondering whether I should buy this or not. I'm the most panstery person I know.😂 Even my teachers were baffled by my lack of planning in my Uni days especially when it came to completing my dissertation in a day. But I have reached my writers block. And I do hope this budges it.
I'm sorry to hear about your writers block! You will get through it. All writers struggle with this. And lots of people have success using the StC method, but you have to do what works for you! Also, you may want to try this: www.jessicabrody.com/2019/01/break-through-writers-block-with-this-easy-hack/
@@jessicabrody1 Thanks a bunch!
Oh, do buy the book without thinking twice! Your writers block will get terrified and run away! Believe me! :)
@@purplegalaxy5265 hehe you're probably right. 😂
@@purplegalaxy5265 Thanks so much! I'm glad it helped you! I love that description of what happened to your writers block!
I keep highlighting and taking notes at the same time and sometimes I take too many notes and don’t get much writing done. What do you recommend?
Wait a minute, I'm confused -- so the scene beats are for individual scenes/chapters as well as for the entire book as a whole? (Kind of like a fractal?)
Question: do I use this beat sheet for chapters as a whole, then use it again for the specific scenes?
This is a great question! You can do that, use it for both levels. I am adding further discussion of this to my list of possible topics for future videos.
Jessica; those eyes - seriously, J K Rowling - working it girl - impending respect
Next up, save the cat writes a short story.
It would be fun to apply beats in a shorter work! Is that what you are doing?
Just what I was looking for!!!