The Importance of Being Earnest Beat Sheet
See how Wilde’s “Trivial Comedy for Serious People” hits Blake Snyder’s story beats.
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1) Novel Beat Sheet
See how the first “Stephanie Plum” novel’s beats are on the money.
Anne of Green Gables Novel Beat Sheet
A classic for the young and the young at heart
The Catcher in the Rye Novel Beat Sheet
See the story beats of this elegy to teenage alienation.
The Rosie Project Novel Beat Sheet
Savor a textbook example of stellar plotting.
Using the Beats for Series Planning and Creating Distinctive Characters
An author needed a structural tool.
Beating Out a Book Series
Novelist Marilyn Brandt shows how you can use the beats to breakdown an entire series.
Pride and Prejudice Beat Sheet
It’s always both fun and a learning experience when author Marilyn Brant is our guest blogger: If you stroll through the childhoods and young adulthoods of future writers, you’ll always find a unique set of novels and/or films that left a particularly strong mark. Stories…
The BS2 x 4 — Beating Out a Novel in Quadruplicate
Our gratitude to author Marilyn Brant for this wonderful guest blog. Marilyn is the women’s fiction author of According to Jane (October 2009; winner of the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Golden Heart® Award), Friday Mornings at Nine (October 2010; a featured alternate selection for both…
