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Save the Cat!® Beat Sheet Workshop – July

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Save the Cat!® Beat Sheet Workshop – July

July 9, 2022 - July 17, 2022

$395.00


Start with an idea and finish with the 15 beats of your story in this live workshop for writers.

A MAXIMUM OF 8 STUDENTS MEANS YOU WILL BE GUIDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR STEP-BY-STEP, BEAT-BY-BEAT.

This class is for all storytellers, no matter your medium. The beats will apply whether you write for the screen or the page.

4 Zoom sessions, each 2.5 hours in length:

Saturday, July 9, 2022: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Sunday, July 10, 2022: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Saturday, July 16, 2022: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Sunday, July 17, 2022: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Your instructor is John Yearley. John is a screenwriter, TV writer, and playwright. He teaches screenwriting at Drexel University in Philadelphia and TV Writing at the Barrow Group in NY. He worked as a script doctor for New Line Cinema, and has written for the shows Arthur and Treasure Trekkers. As a playwright he has won the Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize for Ephemera, the John Gassner Award for Leap, and the Macy’s New Play Prize for Young Audiences for The Last Wish.

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Start:
July 9, 2022
End:
July 17, 2022
Cost:
$395.00
Event Category:

Venue

via Zoom

ABOUT THE BEAT SHEET WORKSHOP

Over the course of 2 weekends, you will:

  • Learn the difference between a pitch and a logline, and why you must nail each one.
  • Lock down your logline with the Save the Cat! mini-story template to get out of any logline jam.
  • Learn the 15 key beats found in any story to make yours resonate with what is “primal.”
  • Crack the “Magical Midpoint”—the secret of every story’s power.
  • Find out why the Opening Image and the Final Image are your way to “doublecheck the math” of a hero’s transformation.
  • Practice your pitch and improve your technique in front of a friendly group of fellow writers eager to help you succeed.

THE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

DAY ONE

  • Find your story according to Blake’s four elements of every successful logline.

DAY TWO

  • Learn to “beat out” your story using the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet (the BS2).

DAY THREE

  • Pitch your pillar beats: Opening Image, Catalyst, Break into 2, Midpoint, Break into 3, Final Image
  • Discover the five steps that make a great finale.

DAY FOUR

  • Pitch your story to the class using the 15 key beats every successful story must have.

TESTIMONIALS FOR THE BEAT SHEET WORKSHOP

“If I had to come up with a simple and poignant way to describe it, I’d call it the only workshop that you’ll ever find in Hollywood that encourages your story’s individuality.”
— Ebony Jones in her review on Coverage, Ink. Read Ebony’s entire review here.

“I loved taking the Save the Cat! workshop with Ben in NYC. I was working on my second Lemoncello book at the time and it went on, after great input at the seminar, to become a New York Times best seller. In fact, I use what I learned from Ben and STC! in all the middle grade novels I write…and one, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, even became a movie on Nickelodeon last fall! Thanks, Ben!” — Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times best-selling author

“Whether you’re aspiring to start your first screenplay or you’re an established writer looking to work out some new material, the Save the Cat! workshop offers tools for success. Early in my career, Ben and STC! helped my understanding of story structure, which is information I still use every day on every draft of every script I write.” — Jordan Gershowitz, screenwriter and producer, Warner Bros, Disney, and Nickelodeon (The Good CatholicRandom Tropical ParadiseTotal Frat MovieTemps, and writer for Tom & Jerry TV)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  1. Should you choose to cancel, a full refund will be given if a written cancellation notice sent by the registrant is received by Blake Snyder Enterprises, LLC 10 days or more prior to the event.
  2. Registrants canceling less than 10 days prior to the event will not receive a refund.
  3. Blake Snyder Enterprises, LLC reserves the right to cancel an event at any time for unforeseen circumstances or emergencies and will give as much advance notice as possible. Should that occur, Blake Snyder Enterprises, LLC will send the registrant a full refund. If Blake Snyder Enterprises, LLC does cancel, it will not be liable for trip cancellation expenses, such as travel or hotel arrangements.

*A writing team working on a single project will be counted as a single writer at a special fee. If you write with a partner, email BJ Markel for a special price.

If you have any questions about the class, please contact BJ Markel at [email protected].

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