All episodes of Save The Cat! Podcast

Save The Cat! Podcast

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In What Order Should You Write Your Beats?

Master Cat Naomi Beaty shares strategies that can help you develop your beat sheet in a way that works for you.

Published 08/24/18

In What Order Should You Write Your Beats?

Published 08/24/18

When Is a Beat a Scene vs. a Section of Your Script?

Published 08/10/18

Save the Cat!® Podcats: Deep Dive into the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet – Part One: When Is a Beat a Scene vs. a Section of Your Script?

You need to understand the proportions of your story beats to create a foundation that truly resonates with readers and audiences.

Published 08/10/18

When Is a Beat a Scene vs. a Section of Your Script?

You need to understand the proportions of your story beats to create a foundation that truly resonates with readers and audiences.

Published 08/10/18

Why Stakes Should Be Primal

Published 07/20/18

Save the Cat!® Podcats: Why Stakes Should Be Primal

Master Cat Cory Milles contrasts The Dark Knight with Batman v. Superman to demonstrate the power of stakes that are personal.

Published 07/20/18

Why Stakes Should Be Primal

Ask moral questions.

Published 07/20/18

Can Your Antagonist Switch Sides?

Published 05/11/18

Can Your Antagonist Switch Sides?

Answers to a challenging question

Published 05/11/18

Save the Cat!® Podcats: Can Your Antagonist Switch Sides?

Master Cat Naomi Beaty asks... and answers... a challenging question.

Published 05/11/18

When Should You Know Your Theme?

What is your theme's purpose?

Published 03/02/18

Save the Cat!® Podcats: When Should You Know Your Theme?

What is your theme's purpose?

Published 03/02/18

Which Beat Is the Most Critical to Your Protagonist’s Transformation?

Naomi Beaty shows how you can create an arc.

Published 01/19/18

Save the Cat!® Podcats: Which Beat Is the Most Critical to Your Protagonist’s Transformation?

Naomi Beaty shows how you can create an arc.

Published 01/19/18

Which Beat Is the Most Critical to Your Protagonist’s Transformation?

Published 01/19/18

The All Is Lost Beat Test

Published 02/17/17

The All Is Lost Beat Test

How to use the story beat to crack your own story.

Published 02/17/17

Save the Cat!® Podcats: The All Is Lost Beat Test

How to use the story beat to crack your own story.

Published 02/17/17

An Interview with Screenwriter Marc Haimes

The writer of Kubo and the Two Strings on creativity and the writing process.

Published 02/03/17

Save the Cat!® Podcats: Interview with Screenwriter Marc Haimes

The writer of Kubo and the Two Strings on creativity and the writing process.

Published 02/03/17

Does Your Hero Have to Transform?

Published 01/13/17

Does Your Hero Have to Transform?

Defining transformation.

Published 01/13/17

Save the Cat!® Podcats: Does Your Hero Have to Transform?

Defining transformation.

Published 01/13/17

Choosing Your Genre

Published 01/06/17