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The Gentlemen Pilot - TV Beat Sheet Analysis
Guy Ritchie’s new installment in his illustrious career is a thrilling action dramedy that bears his trademark style and grit. In the pilot, we’re introduced to a well-to-do family that’s as threatened by its own dysfunction as it is the criminal element attempting to dethrone them. Beat Sheet in bio. 😸

Beef Pilot - TV Beat Sheet Analysis It was all t

Beef Pilot - TV Beat Sheet Analysis
It was all the “rage” (so to speak) this awards season — and if you buckled up for the first episode, you likely understand why. Read the break down of the pilot of the Critic’s Choice, SAG, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-winning series Beef, about an incident of road rage that spins out of control for two deeply troubled characters. Link in bio.

Writing screenplays is hard, and taking constructi

Writing screenplays is hard, and taking constructive criticism on your work can feel even harder. Nevertheless, on this week’s blog, Cory Milles encourages you to adjust your mindset and willingly subject your work to criticism! Link in bio 😸

Come in with an idea and leave with an outline. Jo

Come in with an idea and leave with an outline. Join the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Workshop. Only 4 seats are available. Link in bio for details. 😸

Critics have sung their praises for @maestrofilm a

Critics have sung their praises for @maestrofilm all through awards season, and the Academy has now also joined with their accolades to the tune of 7 Oscar® nominations. Read the beat-by-beat breakdown of this powerful film about famed conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, his marriage, and his lovers. Link in bio 😺🎶

The Holdovers Beat Sheet AnalysisThis awards sea

The Holdovers Beat Sheet AnalysisThis awards season, a young man with nowhere to go for the holidays + a curmudgeonly private school teacher + a story with solid structure = serious Oscar® buzz. The beat-by-beat breakdown for The Holdovers is linked in our bio.

Join the Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge and el

Join the Save the Cat! Screenplay Challenge and elevate your storytelling.You make the character, dialogue, and subject matter fly and we’ll serve as your co-pilot to tighten the spine of your screenplay. Next deadline: Feb. 4th.

Learn how teaching Blake Snyder’s screenwriting

Learn how teaching Blake Snyder’s screenwriting principles to young storytellers has been an invaluable tool in getting students to think critically about story. Any type of story. Link in bio 😺

Free Download: Chapter 3 of Blake Snyder’s Save

Free Download: Chapter 3 of Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat! Strikes BackBlake Snyder’s final book was also the one he declared his best, and we’re gifting Cats everywhere a free download of a very special chapter. We hope it will inspire you to make this your year of transformation. 😺Link in bio😺‼️

Thank you @jamesgunn for the mention! We are so gr

Thank you @jamesgunn for the mention! We are so grateful that you recommended Save the Cat! to all writers. 🙏😺🙏

@instadanjlevy Thank you for being such an advocat

@instadanjlevy Thank you for being such an advocate of Save the Cat! Thank you for being so brave and transparent about your process for writing @goodgrief.film @netflix

It’s a Wonderful Life Beat Sheet AnalysisAroun

It’s a Wonderful Life Beat Sheet AnalysisAround here, we like to think that every time a bell rings, a beat sheet gets its beats! And if you get that reference from recently re-watching It’s a Wonderful Life, we’re gifting you a thoughtful breakdown of the beloved Christmas classic so you can relive the magic!Have a merry and bright one, Cats! Link in bio 🎅😺

Scarface Beat Sheet Analysis Say hello to this l

Scarface Beat Sheet Analysis
Say hello to this little beat sheet! Master Cat Don Roff contributes a breakdown of Scarface, one of the most iconic and oft-quoted gangster films of all time, and one that celebrates its 40th anniversary this week. Link in bio 😺

Analyzing Martin Scorsese’s Essay: ‘The Persis

Analyzing Martin Scorsese’s Essay: ‘The Persisting Vision: Reading the Language of Cinema’A true master of cinema has shown no signs of his craft waning with his new sprawling saga, Killers of the Flower Moon. In 2013, Martin Scorsese published an essay in the New York Review of Books with insights so poignant, it was clear that his skillful storytelling would endure the test of time. On this week’s blog, we breaks down the essay’s key points so that you can start imagining (or re-imagining) your future opus. Link in bio. 😺

If you’re haunted by the feeling that your horro

If you’re haunted by the feeling that your horror film script or idea is hard to describe or categorize, Master Cat Jamie Nash is here to put you out of your misery—by helping!. On this week’s blog, Jamie presents your handy guide to the Monster in the House subgenres. Link in bio 🙀🙀🙀

The Amityville Horror Beat Sheet Analysis🙀🙀🙀
A month of beat sheets that get your heart beating continues this week with a breakdown of The Amityville Horror. One of the most notorious MITHs in cinematic history — a haunted house story that terrified audiences in 1979, and whose mention sends shivers down spines to this day. Link in bio 🙀🙀🙀

Is your story all it can be? We will help you crea

Is your story all it can be? We will help you create a meaningful story.
All you need to do is a bring an idea and an open mind and we will guide you to a Save the Cat! Beat Sheet.
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Sleepy Hollow Beat Sheet Analysis Spooky season

Sleepy Hollow Beat Sheet Analysis
Spooky season is upon us, let’s get in the spirit by kicking off a month of MITHs! On this week's blog, we scare up a breakdown of Tim Burton's 1999 gothic horror masterpiece, Sleepy Hollow. Link in bio …if you dare 👻😺

Earlier this year, millions filled theaters to exp

Earlier this year, millions filled theaters to experience why life in plastic is fantastic, and were unexpectedly rewarded with a poignant, discussion-worthy Fool Triumphant/Rite of Passage movie. On this week's blog, we explore how this summer's boldest display of blonde ambition also proved to be the brainiest. Link in bio 😻

The envelope, please! While determining the winner

The envelope, please! While determining the winners of this year's Challenge was the toughest yet, two projects stood a cut above. We are proud to announce that our Grand Prize Winners in the TV pilot and feature film categories are respectively Corrosion by Ryan Patch & Paul Massaro and Valiant by Charles Cordaro. Link in bio for more!

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