Save The Cat! Podcast

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

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Can the sequence of the beats be changed?

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Discover a way to raise the stakes for your hero.

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How characters can resonate.

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How set-ups can really pay off.

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  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 beginning of the story with the world at the end, and emphasizing the transformation of the...

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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 story is about: how Solomon Northrup will live… and not just merely survive. Listen...

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