Podcasts by Save The Cat! Podcast

Jamie Nash Scriptcake Podcast from 2023-08-11T02:37:04

A podcast with Jamie Nash, author of Save the Cat! Writes for TV and the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Workbook, delivering screenwriting tactics that are easily understood and actionable.

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Best of Blake! Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder Explains His Genres from 2022-01-27T11:30:54

The components of his story types

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Best of Blake! Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder Explains His Genres from 2022-01-27T11:30:54

The components of his story types

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder on Your Pitch and Logline from 2021-09-09T14:00:59

In this podcast, Blake Snyder discusses your idea -- and how to express it in an effective pitch and logline

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Embrace the Beats! from 2020-01-31T03:57:20

Master Cat Naomi Beaty shows how movies of any type can share a basic structure and still engage audiences with new, interesting ideas.

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How Do You Choose Your Story’s Genre? from 2019-07-12T03:23:13

We help you take a closer look at your story ideas.

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3 Valuable Lessons from Our Script Challenge from 2019-04-05T03:11:55

Master Cat Naomi Beaty reveals 3 things script readers look for.

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When Do You Use the Beat Sheet? from 2018-12-14T04:22:16

Discover many ways you can integrate the beat sheet into your writing process.

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How Does the Catalyst Beat Vary According to Genre? from 2018-11-02T14:40:18

Each of Blake Snyder's 10 genres have distinctive catalysts.

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The Finale Beat from 2018-10-12T14:51:37

What do you, the writer, need to know?

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The Last 3 Pillar Beats from 2018-09-21T13:59:04

The Catalyst, Break into Two, and Break into Three story beats

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The First 3 Pillar Beats from 2018-09-07T13:57:41

Opening Image, Midpoint, and Final Image

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In What Order Should You Write Your Beats? from 2018-08-24T14:30:15

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

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When Is a Beat a Scene vs. a Section of Your Script? from 2018-08-10T14:27:44

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

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Why Stakes Should Be Primal from 2018-07-20T14:16:10

Ask moral questions.

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Can Your Antagonist Switch Sides? from 2018-05-11T14:02:35

Answers to a challenging question

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When Should You Know Your Theme? from 2018-03-02T14:59:27

What is your theme's purpose?

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Which Beat Is the Most Critical to Your Protagonist’s Transformation? from 2018-01-19T15:12:33

Naomi Beaty shows how you can create an arc.

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The All Is Lost Beat Test from 2017-02-17T15:21:37

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

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An Interview with Screenwriter Marc Haimes from 2017-02-03T15:12:38

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

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Does Your Hero Have to Transform? from 2017-01-13T15:35:02

Defining transformation.

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Choosing Your Genre from 2017-01-06T15:17:04

How to use Blake Snyder's 10 genres to develop your story.

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Your Theme Stated from 2016-12-09T15:20:44

How and when you use this beat.

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Save the Cat!® Podcats: Your B Story from 2016-12-02T15:30:11

The purpose of your B Story and your B Story Character.

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Your First Ten Pages from 2016-11-04T14:35:53

The foundation of both your story and your hero's emotional needs.

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Indie Film Hustle Podcast with Jose Silerio from 2016-05-20T03:15:02

A comprehensive, stimulating interview with a Master Cat!

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder Explains His Story Beats – Part Three from 2016-02-05T14:59:17

Bad Guys Close In and more

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder Explains His Story Beats – Part Two from 2016-01-29T15:13:59

Fun & Games and the Midpoint

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder Explains His Story Beats – Part One from 2016-01-22T14:55:25

The first seven beats

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder on Tootsie from 2015-08-14T13:57:51

The thesis world of Act One vs. the upside-down world of Act Two

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder on Theme Stated and the Beats of Blank Check from 2015-06-12T04:16:21

The first of newly discovered Blake Snyder audios

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: How Wes Anderson Creates a Unique World in The Grand Budapest Hotel from 2015-05-01T14:16:22

The writer delivers a perfect Set-up.

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Five-Point Finale of Whiplash from 2015-04-17T13:47:34

A strong "High Tower Surprise"!

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Birdman and Its Genre from 2015-04-03T13:30:25

The genre of this Academy Award® winner is Rites of Passage.

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: This Is Where I Leave You and the Institutionalized Genre from 2015-01-30T15:20:05

An excellent example of the Institutionalized genre.

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Double Bump Catalyst of Big Hero 6 from 2015-01-23T15:07:09

When you need that extra push.

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: What Makes Your “Upside-Down World” Work? from 2014-12-12T14:48:02

How different should your Act Two world be?

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Why You Need a Tangible Goal for Your Hero from 2014-12-05T15:30:36

A goal is crucial.

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Does Change Have to Be Transformation? from 2014-11-07T14:33:09

A conversation about heroes.

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Bad Guys Close In Beat from 2014-10-24T13:51:25

What is your antagonist's goal?

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: How to Handle Your Hero’s Wants&Needs from 2014-10-03T14:13:34

What are your hero's needs?

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: How to Make Your Midpoint Masterful from 2014-09-12T13:37:32

What's the right halfway point for your story? What is the signal that the Fun and Games are over?

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Moving the Beats from 2014-09-05T14:27:13

Can the sequence of the beats be changed?

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Power of Value-Added Tension from 2014-08-01T14:03:12

Discover a way to raise the stakes for your hero.

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Theme Stated Beat of Little Miss Sunshine from 2014-07-25T14:21:11

How characters can resonate.

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Bad Guys Close In Beat of Nebraska from 2014-06-06T13:57:17

How set-ups can really pay off.

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Opening and Final Image Beats of Dallas Buyers Club from 2014-05-30T14:00:26

If the Opening and Final Images show the true transformation of a hero, the story will really resonate. A powerful example comes from Jean-Marc Vallée’s fact-based drama, Dallas Buyers Clu...

Save the Cat!® Podcast: What Is the Genre of Captain America: The Winter Soldier? from 2014-05-16T13:42:52

Can a Superhero be in a Whydunit… and if so, why? That’s the question Master Cat! Jose Silerio tackles in this podcast that considers what makes this big box-office hit resonate. Lis...

Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Opening and Final Image Beats of Frozen from 2014-04-25T13:50:10

  Master Cat! Jose Silerio shows how the Opening and Final Images in this year’s Best Animated Picture Oscar® winner do exactly what they should, contrasting the world at the beginnin...

Save the Cat!® Podcast: The Debate Beat in 12 Years a Slave from 2014-03-21T14:05:46

Master Cat! Jose Silerio shows how the Debate beat in this year’s Best Picture Oscar® winner does exactly what it should, setting up the Theme Stated and telling the audience what this sto...

Save the Cat!® Podcast: Genre and Gravity from 2014-03-08T19:51:13

Master Cat! Jose Silerio shows how Gravity is a Dude(tte) with a Problem — and how knowing the genre of your story can help you write it — in this discussion with Guy Thompson .

Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder Phones into Will Akers’ Screenwriting Class at Vanderbilt from 2013-12-23T03:58:01

Blake talks to the students of Will Akers (Your Screenplay Sucks) in this invigorating breakdown of The Verdict (writer: David Mamet; director: Sidney Lumet) — including the role of the B ...

Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder Interviewed by Robin Mizell from 2013-12-23T03:51:26

  Blake Snyder talks about storytelling, screenwriting, empowering writers — and transformation — in this in-depth conversation with Robin Mizell about his 3 books.    
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