Let’s use my novel Look The Other Way to illustrate the beats. The Fictionary Story Arc works on the same principle at the highest level, so let’s start with a mapping of five Save the Cat! beats to the Fictionary Story Arc.ĭownload the Fictionary to Save the Cat! Mapping.Īs you read this post, you’ll notice the hero in the Save the Cat! beats maps to the protagonist in Fictionary.īut what about the other Save the Cat! beats, you ask.
5įictionary software uses the code described in the Save the Cat! methodology, and is THE tool to apply it. Jessica Brody, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel. The Save the Cat! methodology simply identifies that code and turns it into an easy-to-follow blueprint for crafting a successful story, so that we writers don’t have to reinvent the wheel that has been used since, well, the time the wheel was invented. We’ve been responding to them since our primitive ancestors drew on walls and tribes told stories around campfires. There’s something buried deep within our DNA as humans that makes us respond to certain storytelling elements told in a certain order. What is the Save the Cat! beat sheet? Here’s how Jessica defines it. Jessica is the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and the founder of The Writing Mastery Academy.
Thanks to Jessica Brody for giving me permission to use the Save the Cat! beat sheet.
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