Choosing Your Genre
How to use Blake Snyder's 10 genres to develop your story.
Your Theme Stated
How and when you use this beat.
Save the Cat!® Podcast: Your First Ten Pages
The foundation of both your story and your hero's emotional needs.
48 Things To Do in 48 Hours in L.A.
You have two days to visit Los Angeles and, aspiring screenwriter that you are, you know those 48 hours have to count. Here are 48 places to check out in Tinseltown. Revised by Naomi Beaty, January 2014. Download pdf »
Does Structure Change with Changing Platforms?
Naomi Beaty is a script reader/consultant based in Los Angeles. One of the original Cats, Naomi worked in development at Maverick Films and contributed her wisdom and insights during the writing of STC! books 2 & 3. Naomi can be reached at [email protected]. In Gladwellian...
Precious Beat Sheet
This week’s beat sheet was created by Los Angeles Cat Naomi Beaty. Naomi’s been a long time Cat! offering her wisdom and insights during the development of books 2 & 3, as well as her past experiences in development at Maverick Films. Thanks, Naomi! Spoiler...
Coming to Chicago!
With the final-final work done on my new book, I am much relieved and very excited! And frankly feeling about 20 pounds lighter now that we are finishing up at last. My schedule in the past six months involved day in, day out hard work...
The Theme Stated/B Story Axis of Meaningfulness
As I put the final touches on the new book that’s coming out this fall, I am learning A LOT! I crack the structure on 50 movies in this book — 50, ladies and germs! — and that’s a lot of sprocket holes. But no...
Cat! Happenin’s
There is a lot going on here at Save the Cat! We are planning our trips to Barcelona, San Francisco, and Nashville and readying “the portable board” for sale. We also have some personnel changes. We are sad to see Isabel Holtreman leave us! I...
