Save the Cat Story-Structure Method: The 5 Foundation Beats

Presenter: Jessica Brody

Host: Lisa Montanaro

November 12, 2020, 7pm-8:30pm ET

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Description: Originally created for screenwriters, the Save the Cat! story-structure method provides compelling tips and tricks to make your novel as riveting as a movie—because whether you’re writing a fantasy series, a romance, or the next Great American Novel, every captivating story throughout time (from Jane Austen to Agatha Christie) has the same fifteen essential plot points, or “beats.” Join Jessica Brody, novelist and author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, as she guides writers through the 5 “foundation beats” that all great stories are built around and shows them how to use these beats to craft their own bestsellers.

Bio:

Jessica Brody is the author of the #1 bestselling novel-writing guide, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and the founder of the online writing school, Writing Mastery Academy. She has also written over 20 novels for teen, tweens, and adults including The Geography of Lost Things, The Chaos of Standing Still, A Week of Mondays, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, Better You Than Me, the Unremembered trilogy, and the first two installments in the System Divine series—Sky Without Stars and Between Burning Worlds—which is a sci-fi reimagining of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, co-written with Joanne Rendell. Her books have been translated and published in over 23 countries and several have been optioned for film and television. She lives with her husband and three dogs near Portland, OR. Visit her online at JessicaBrody.com. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram @JessicaBrody