Beyond Save the Cat Writes a Novel | 5 problems with the beat sheet
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder and Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody are useful frameworks, but not the be-all-end-all. To write a great story today, you need more than a beat sheet. These are 5 problems (or holes) in Save the Cat. Subscribe to my newsletter for updates on my upcoming resource....this week was a story structure analysis of Project Hail Mary: https://nicolewilbur.substack.com/pub... 00:00 Intro 01:45 #1 10% is too late 06:00 #2 Midpoints as revelation 09:30 #3 Don't state the theme! 11:15 #4 Crises are the crux 14:00 #5 Fractal design Alternative Resources 1. https://www.jessicabrody.com/2020/07/... (Save the Cat Writes a YA Novel mentions this content) 2. Into the Woods by John Yorke 3. • HOW I COMBINE Anatomy of Story, Save the C... 4. https://storygrid.com/story-crisis/ 5. Into the Woods (again) and https://mythcreants.com/blog/your-plo... I'm Nicole Wilbur, an author, writing mentor, and adrenaline-chaser. I write about young adults breaking the rules, falling in love, and becoming versions of themselves they never expected. Pursuing traditional publishing and sharing the highs & lows! 🎥 V I D E O S F O R Y O U 🎥 My querying journey: • I SIGNED WITH A LITERARY AGENT 🖊️My full q... How I got my Literary Agent: • How I got my Literary Agent | Querying sta... How I think about story structure: • HOW I COMBINE Anatomy of Story, Save the C... Should you take that writing course? • REEDSY write a novel VS STORY GRID guild /... ✍️ M Y A U T H O R N E W S L E T T E R ✍️ Say yes to a party in your inbox: https://nicolewilbur.substack.com/ 💬 L E T ' S C O N N E C T 💬 Website | https://www.nicolewilbur.com/ Pinterest | https://pin.it/3jx8lbC #savethecat #writinganovel #writertube
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