The Promise of the Premise (Pages 25-50) – This is when Craig Thompson’s relationship with Raina blooms when Indiana Jones tries to beat the Nazis to the Lost Ark, when the detective finds the most clues and dodges the most bullets. So, the B Story is usually called the “love story”. Usually, this discussion is between the main character and the love interest. We leave the “Thesis” world and enter the upside-down, opposite world of Act Two.ī Story () – This is when there’s a discussion about the Theme – the nugget of truth. Can I face this challenge? Do I have what it takes? Should I go at all? It is the last chance for the hero to chicken out.īreak Into Two (Choosing Act Two) () – The main character makes a choice and the journey begins. The “before” world is no more, change is underway.ĭebate (Pages 12-25) – But change is scary and for a moment, or a brief number of moments, the main character doubts the journey they must take. It is the telegram, the act of catching your loved-one cheating, allowing a monster onboard the ship, meeting the true love of your life, etc. Usually, it is spoken to the main character or in their presence, but they don’t understand the truth…not until they have some personal experience and context to support it.Ĭatalyst (Pages 11-12) – The moment where life as it is changing. Theme Stated (happens during the Set-up) () – What your story is about the message, the truth. Present the main character’s world as it is, and what is missing in their life. Set-up (Pages 1-10) – Expand on the “before” snapshot.
A snapshot of the main character’s problem, before the adventure begins. Opening Image () – A visual that represents the struggle & tone of the story. If you read this book in a screenwriting class, you will most likely be using the outline below from the book, which is dubbed the “Beat Sheet”īlake Synder’s “Beat Sheet” (Based on 100 Page Screenplay) If you haven’t heard of it, Save the Cat The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need is a novel published in 2005 that outlines how most Hollywood screenplays are structure. What happens next? What does the character do now? This was at the same time I was studying screenplay structure with a special, well-known book: Save the Cat by Blake Synder.Įven if you have taken the most basic screenplay class, you know Save the Cat. Like many writers, I found myself getting halfway through the first draft of a piece of writing to realize I had nowhere to go.
When my second book, Samhain Island: Episode Two, was a short novel but took nearly a year of revising and rewriting, I knew I had to find a better strategy for writing both my books and my screenplays.
I had always considered myself a non-outliner I didn’t like the feeling of restricting myself by planning out a story before I wrote it. After I published my first two books, I realized how long it took me to get through it. I didn’t know what kind yet, but I knew that I just wanted to tell stories. For me, I decided at a very young age that I was going to be some sort of writer.
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