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…
How the Story of a Childhood Became an Acclaimed Novel
Novelist Sandy Hanna tells how she used the ‘Save the Cat!’ story beats to write her acclaimed novel, ‘The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon.’
How to Pitch Your Story
Howe to build a pitch using a modified version of Blake Snyder’s beat sheet.
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 Sacrifice of Heroes
Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m a total storyholic. That is, I tend to get overexcited when talking about stories, and “Lech Lacha” is most definitely a story! Perhaps the most epic parsha [Torah section] of them all, and not just because it was my…
Our New iOS App Is Here!
Check out the new Save the Cat! Story Structure iOS app, including 3 how-to videos.
New Live Storytelling Workshop – Attend from Anywhere!
The Save the Cat! Live Storytelling Workshop we announced last Friday sold out by Sunday, so we’re proud to announce a new one! Start with an idea and finish with the 15 beats of your story. 4 Zoom sessions, each 2.5 hours in length: Saturday,…
The Save the Cat!® Storytelling Webinar – Recordings Available
Join us for the very first Save the Cat!® Storytelling Masterclass, presented LIVE, by the best-selling author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, Jessica Brody!
Ronan Farrow, Save the Cat! and WTF with Marc Maron
Our thanks to Ronan Farrow, who tells Marc Maron that he used Save the Cat! to structure his bestselling book, Catch and Kill, in this revealing WTF interview. Listen to the podcast.
Juggling Multiple Heroes and Multiple Beat Sheets + Free Beat Sheet Offer!
What do you do when you have multiple points of view in your novel (or multiple heroes in your screenplay) and need to juggle multiple beat sheets (and character arcs!)?
