What You Can Learn From the Good Dialogue of The Bad Batch
To write great dialogue, apply the “Dialogue Test” championed by Blake Snyder in Save the Cat! to make sure that each line reveals a distinct character.
Jamie Nash’s New Novel, Monster Stompers – Now On Sale!
Jamie Nash’s Monster Stompers is a fun and funny action-adventure tale that will captivate readers aged 7-13.
Succession & Barry – 6 Ways to Write Characters You Love to Hate
How to establish characters that have flaws to overcome, things to fix in their lives, and reasons to root for–essential for a story to work.
FREE TOOL ALERT: The Save the Cat! Beat Mapper
We’ve improved our Beat Mapper, which calculates where the beats fall in your story according to its length.
Play with the Cat: Experimenting with Layers, Loops, and Chopped Harmonies in Story Structure
Learn how to experiment in storytelling using story structure in playful ways, as in Mario Moreno’s KILLA, A Mixtape Novella
NEW PRODUCT ALERT! 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.
The Promise of the Premise: Fun and Games
See how Bryan Keithley and Peter Podgursky used Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat! to write their hit podcast NPRmageddon.
Best of Blake: Why Clear Story Structure = Clear Thinking
This blog was originally posted on April 16, 2009. If we can tell a story well, we can communicate on every level in a quicker, more effective way! One thing I hear from audiences I get to speak to, from writers in class or in…
