How-To Write Lesson 8: Midpoint

On 12/05/202412/05/2024 By Amy (A.R.) RiveraIn book, free, How-To Series, Save The Cat, screenplay, screenwriting, WIP, Work in progressLeave a comment

In previous lessons we talked about the opening image of your story, stating the theme, setting-up your main character's journey, the catalyst and debate. Then, we broke into Act 2, covered the B-story and characters, plus had lots of fun and games along they way. We traversed all of that just to get to the …

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How-To Write Lesson 7: Fun and Games

On 11/12/202411/12/2024 By Amy (A.R.) RiveraIn Flash Fiction, How-To Series, Save The Cat, screenplay, screenwriting, Uncategorized, WIP, Work in progress, Writing, writing tipsLeave a comment

Welcome to lesson 7 in our Save The Cat beat sheet series on story structure: beat 8! Beat 8 is called fun and games and it involves multiple scenes. It also runs through 1/3 of your novel. Yeah, it is big and important. It takes place throughout the 20-to-50% mark in your story. And just …

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How-To Write: a series

On 09/12/2024 By Amy (A.R.) RiveraIn How-To SeriesLeave a comment

Many of you that follow this blog have done so because of the resources and writing advice. My content of late has been all-over the map, but that has been more about building my portfolio than anything else. Apparently prospective employers want to see a variety of content. But I want to make it up …

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