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Give me one afternoon and the Save the Cat method, and I'll show you how to plot an entire novel — beat by beat, start to finish.
Both example novels are free to read on Wattpad (links below) — no ads, no catch.
In this episode I walk through the complete Save the Cat! beat sheet from Jessica Brody's Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and use it to lay out a whole novel's plot in a single sitting. You'll see exactly how the 15 beats turn a blank page into a finished roadmap you can actually write from — no more staring at a blinking cursor.
You'll learn how to hit all 15 beats:
Opening Image and Final Image
Theme Stated
Setup, Catalyst, and Debate
Break Into Two
B Story
Fun and Games (the promise of the premise)
Midpoint
Bad Guys Close In
All Is Lost and the Dark Night of the Soul
Break Into Three
Finale
…and how to move through them fast, without overthinking, so you end the afternoon with a full plot.
I use two of my own novels as living examples — both free on Wattpad:
📕 Hi Bob, It's Gus — my finished novel, mapped onto the beats so you can see the whole structure at a glance:
✍️ How to Survive Paris with No Money, No French, and No Idea — the first-person novel I'm plotting and writing live across this series:
📚 The book behind this method:
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel — Jessica Brody
Here is the Beat Sheet Worksheet:
Everything on this channel is 100% free. New episodes weekly, and we're building a whole novel together as we go.
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2026/09/04
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