What You’ll Learn and Accomplish in the Save the Cat! Beat2Board Online Course

In the self-paced Beat2Board course, you’ll discover a story-breaking strategy to go beyond the beat sheet and develop the scene cards that will become the backbone of your screenplay or novel.

You’ll achieve a working understanding of Save the Cat! and an inside look at how professional writers break story, giving each scene meaning by serving a well-paced plot on a writer’s board.

The board is a way for you to “see” your story before you start writing. It is a means to easily test different scenes, story arcs, ideas, bits of dialogue, and story rhythms to work out the kinks of your story.

Once you’ve wrestled your board into shape, you can dive into writing your screenplay or novel with the confidence that your story works.

You’ll learn how to…

• use the tool that professionals use
• visually brainstorm your story
• create scenes that work
• plot your hero’s “transformation”
• get over blocks and find new inspiration
• troubleshoot your story idea for viability

Requirements

• A computer, tablet, or smartphone
• An idea that you want to turn into a story

Is This Course for You?

This course is for those who…

• Want to take the next step after developing the 15 beats of your story
• Want to expand your story scene-by-scene on a board like the professionals do
• Want to test your story to see if it flows or has lapses you need to eliminate
• Want to troubleshoot an existing story
• Are determined to finish a half-written story

This Course Includes

• 51 minutes of original video production
• 11 downloadable PDFs
• a free preview