BJ Markel
BJ Markel first worked with Blake Snyder in 1986. He edited Blake's three Save the Cat! books and co-founded Blake Snyder Enterprises, LLC with Blake in 2005. In his other life, BJ worked in video acquisitions and entertainment marketing, including 20 years at the Walt Disney Company.
NEW PRODUCT ALERT! Beat2Board Online Course
In the self-paced Beat2Board course, you'll discover a story-breaking strategy to go beyond the beat sheet and develop the scene cards that will become the backbone of your screenplay or novel.
Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge Testimonial
See the winners of the 2022 Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge TV Pilot Grand Prize, Xander Bernstein and Dunja Vitolic.
Save the Cat!® TV Pilot Webinar –
Now on Sale
Learn how to write a TV pilot and series in 3 live webinars with Jamie Nash, the author of the best seller Save the Cat! Writes for TV
Ron Taylor Dies
We mourn the death of this Hollywood pioneer, the winner of the Grand Prize of the 2022 Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge - Feature.
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Netflix and Save the Cat!® Help Next Gen Anime Storytellers
See the 15 Blake Snyder story beats for the second season of Netflix's BEASTARS in this Save the Cat!-Netflix video co-production of Save the Cat! Goes Anime on YouTube.
NEW BOOK ALERT! Save the Cat!® Beat Sheet Workbook: How Writers Turn Ideas Into Stories
The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Workbook provides key writing prompts and asks all the important questions to help you dig deep into every aspect of your story.
Free Download: Learn the Foundations of the “Monster in the House” Writing Genre – 5 Beat Sheets!
Download Chapter 1 of Save the Cat! Goes to the Indies, including 5 Monster in the House beat sheets.
Announcing the 2023 Screenplay Challenge
Submit your feature film and TV scripts to the Save the Cat! screenplay competition to get feedback from professional writers and qualify for prizes.
Free Download: Chapter 3 of Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat!® Strikes Back
Download Chapter 3 of Blake Snyder's best book, Save the Cat! Strikes Back.
Feature and TV Pilot Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge!
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