Announcing the 2021 Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge
All entrants receive 50 points of analysis—at no extra cost. All scripts receive a full read. Feedback is grounded in structure—not subjective opinion. Our approach is simple: a screenplay competition that uses the same language the writer, the reader, and the decision makers use when…
New Podcast Alert: ISA and Jennifer Zhang Talk Cracking Your Beat Sheet
Listen to Jennifer Zhang in this podcast hosted by Scott Markus on the Curious About Screenwriting Network about her online Save the Cat! writing course.
Save the Cat!® Writes for TV Is Now on Sale!
Learn how to write for TV using Blake Snyder’s acclaimed principles in the new book by Jamie Nash.
Scott Marshall Smith on Blake Snyder and Save the Cat!
Read what writer Scott Marshall Smith thought about Blake Snyder and Save the Cat!
How A Screenwriting Book Can Up Your D&D Game – Jennifer Zhang Interview
Check out the interview The Gamer‘s Sergio Solorzano conducts with screenwriter and Master Cat Jennifer Zhang, who created and teaches our Cracking the Beat Sheet online course. See why Jenn says, “The trends that you see in complexity of story and the demands of these…
New Graphic Novel from Salva Rubio
Congrats to Master Cat Salva Rubio, author of Save the Cat!® Goes to the Indies, upon this month’s English-language publication of The Photographer of Mauthausen. Check out these early reviews: “With exacting artistic detail, this complex and often disturbing history comes alive, and is at…
Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge Winners!
Read about the Challenge. See testimonials for the Challenge.
New Product Alert: Save the Cat!®
Story Cards
The Save the Cat!® Story Cards help map out the beats of your story and guide you to identify the meaning of every scene!
The Save the Cat!® Storytelling Webinar
Is Back!
Learn the language of storytelling to craft and perfect your own story. Join us for new sessions of the record-breaking Save the Cat!® Storytelling Masterclass, presented LIVE by the best-selling author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, Jessica Brody! The Storytelling Masterclass consists of…
Avengers: Infinity War Page-to-Picture Script Beat Sheet
In partnership with the amazing folks at StudioBinder, here is a rip-roaring rendition of the Save the Cat!® Beat Sheet for Avengers: Infinity War. Feast your eyes—and your story brains—on this video:
