Breaking up Your Story into Beats

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Why Audiences of All Ages Respond to Primal Themes Friendship, love, togetherness, loneliness, revenge... these are concepts that even a caveman would understand, and therein lies the reason that primal themes hit hard. On this week's blog, Master Cat! Ben Frahm makes a strong case for why "primal" should be a major feature in your next screenplay, using examples from The Social Network, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Inside Out and more... especially if you want your story to resonate with kids and adults alike. Read More » Al Rodriguez ON STORY this Saturday This Saturday, Master Cat Al Rodriguez discusses Billy Wilder ON STORY on PBS. Check your local listings! Read More » Major STC! Success Story - Alyson Noel's Book Going Into Production! It's official! Alyson Noel's Saving Zoë -- a book which was outlined beat by beat with STC! -- is going into production and headed to the big screen!  Read More » Upcoming Workshops Sign up for one of our Beat Sheet Screenwriting Workshops, and take a huge step in getting your screenplay on its way to completion! LEARN MORE ABOUT IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS » LEARN MORE ABOUT ONLINE WORKSHOPS » JUNE 14-19, 2017 Online Beat Sheet Screenwriting Workshop ENROLL NOW!   JUNE 21-26, 2017 Online Beat Sheet Screenwriting Workshop ENROLL NOW!   JUNE 24-25, 2017 In-Person New York Beat Sheet Screenwriting Workshop ENROLL NOW!   IN THIS ISSUE Today's Blog STC!U Is Launched! The Latest STC! Books Upcoming In-Person Workshops STC! Android App Is Out Now   Latest Tweet Chat with us on Twitter Script Consultations & Coverage Does your script hit the beats? We can help. Our Master Cats offer personalized script consultations and coverage so that you can make sure your story is as structurally sound and compelling as possible.    BOOK NOW » Writing a Novel? Book Your Consultant! We offer 1-on-1 consultation services with popular novelist Jessica Brody, who has sold 16 novels to major publishers using Blake's principles.   BOOK NOW »

Our Latest Books -- Now Available in Print and Digital Save the Cat! Goes to the Indies: Screenwriter and novelist Salva Rubio applies Blake’s principles to 50 independent, auteur, European and cult films. With these 50 new beat sheets, you’ll see how “hitting the beats” creates stories that resonate the world over. Save the Cat! Blake's Blogs: The 112 blog posts in this ebook have been carefully curated and edited from Blake’s originals. We have selected posts that we believe are timeless, resonating as powerfully today as on the day Blake wrote them.

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