The 3 elements of a RITES OF PASSAGE story are:
1) A life problem: from puberty to midlife to death—these are the universal passages we all understand.
2) A wrong way to attack the mysterious problem, usually a diversion from confronting the pain.
3) A solution that involves acceptance of a hard truth the hero has been fighting, and the knowledge it’s the hero that must change, not the world around him.
Roman Holiday Beat Sheet Analysis
See how the Oscar-winning Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, hits the 15 Save the Cat! story beats
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Zoom-In Beat Sheet Analysis
Become a master of weaving a web of Setups and Payoffs in the "Zoom-In" Beat Sheet Analysis of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The Fabelmans Beat Sheet Analysis
See how The Fablemans, written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner, hits Blake Snyder's 15 story beats
CODA Beat Sheet Analysis
See the 15 Blake Snyder story beats of the award-winning movie, CODA, in this Save the Cat! beat sheet.
Things You Save in a Fire Beat Sheet
See the Blake Snyder, Save the Cat! story beats of the best-selling novel by Katherine Center.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Beat Sheet
See the 15 story beats of the classic A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.
Mike Birbiglia’s The New One Beat Sheet
See how Mike Birbiglia’s wonderful one-man show, recently released on Netflix, hits Blake Snyder's story beats.
Float Beat Sheet
See how this Disney+ Pixar short hits Blake Snyder's story beats.
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.
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