TIPS AND TACTICS
FREE TOOL ALERT: The Save the Cat!® Genre Mapper
The Save the Cat! Genre Mapper helps you determine the 3 key elements of your story
Jamie Nash Scriptcake Podcast
A podcast with Jamie Nash, author of Save the Cat! Writes for TV and the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Workbook, delivering screenwriting tactics that are easily understood and actionable.
Five-Point… Fun & Games?
I get a lot of questions about how to fill out that Fun & Games section. Aside from the Finale, it’s the biggest Save the Cat! beat. In a movie, the Fun & Games section spans 7-9 scenes and typically at least 25 minutes of…
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.
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 Sheet 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
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.
Five Tips to Write a Great Script in 2023
See how to write a great script using Blake Snyder’s 15 story beats and the 10 Save the Cat! genres.
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