Foundations Of Writing Scenes: A Save The Cat! Course

Turn your story's beats into meaningful scenes

What you'll learn

Discover a story-breaking strategy

Create scenes that work for your screenplay or novel

Use the tool that professional writers use

Visually brainstorm your story

Requirements

No requirements, though reading any of the Save the Cat! books will be helpful

Description

In the self-paced course, you will discover a story-breaking strategy to go beyond the beat sheet and develop the scene cards that will become the backbone of your screenplay or novel.You will achieve a working understanding of Save the Cat! and an inside look at how professional writers break story, giving each scene meaning by serving a well-paced plot on a writer’s board.The board is a way for you to "see" your story before you start writing. It is a means to easily test different scenes, story arcs, ideas, bits of dialogue, and story rhythms to work out the kinks of your story.Once you have wrestled your board into shape, you can dive into writing your screenplay or novel with the confidence that your story works.You'll learn how to…use the tool that professionals usevisually brainstorm your storycreate scenes that workplot your hero’s “transformation”get over blocks and find new inspirationtroubleshoot your story idea for viabilitykeep your ideas organized, inspired, and well structuredtighten your novel or screenplay by "keeping its spine straight"use the tips and tactics of an accomplished screenplay writer, novelist, and film director: your instructor Jamie Nash

Overview

Section 1: Welcome

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: In the Beginning

Lecture 2 Before You Board

Lecture 3 The Cards

Section 3: Building the Board

Lecture 4 Building the Board - Part One

Lecture 5 Building the Board - Part Two

Lecture 6 Checking Your Scenes

Section 4: Novels and TV

Lecture 7 The Board for Novels and TV

Writers, screenwriters, novelists, filmmakers