NOVEL WRITING
David Heska Wanbli Weiden “Beat Out” His Award-Winning Novel, Winter Counts
Read how acclaimed novelist David Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of the best-selling “Winter Counts,” used the Blake Snyder beat sheet to write the novel.
The Last Thing He Told Me Novel Beat Sheet Analysis
See the 15 Blake Snyder story beats of the bestseller, The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave.
The Maid Novel Beat Sheet Analysis
See the 15 Blake Snyder story beats of The New York Times bestseller The Maid by Nita Prose.
“Five Tuesdays in Winter” Short Story Beat Sheet
See the 15 Blake Snyder story beats in the Five Tuesdays in Winter short story by Lily King.
Practical Magic Novel Beat Sheet
See the 15 Blake Snyder story beats of Alice Hoffman’s novel, Practical Magic.
Confessions of a Pantser: Revisiting Rancho Viejo
It was lovely feeling Blake there reading over my shoulder again, and to feel everything coming together just as he’d tried to tell me it would.
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.
The Midnight Library Beat Sheet
See the 15 Blake Snyder, Save the Cat story beats of the popular novel, The Midnight Librarian, by Matt Haig.
Revise Your Screenplay or Novel Surgically with a Beat Sheet
How your B Story and Theme Stated beats intertwine to give your story meaning.
How Save the Cat!® Helped Me Write and Revise My Dual POV Novel
How author Robin Reul used Blake Snyder’s 15 story beats for both major characters in her new novel, Where the Road Leads Us.