Story beats

Thrillers and mysteries are one of the most popular genres. Mystery readers gobble them up and are hungry for more. So if you want to write novels, this is a great genre to get into. And writing a mystery can be hugely satisfying. But it’s hard. There are clues to seed, tension to ratchet up,…

A story is a complex entity comprising many interrelating parts. The author imposes some sort of organising principle onto the material, turning the story into a narrative. The result of this forming or shaping of the material is the story structure.

Learn about the Dan Harmon Story Circle: an approach to storytelling used by the Rick and Morty creator, which can help you write better books.

An answer to one of the questions novelists using the Save the Cat! plotting method often have: What’s the relationship between beats and chapters?

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Story and Design

Hello, writer, and welcome back to The Novel Series, a multi-part blog post series about writing novels and other forms of fiction. I’ll be posting at least one, if not two, blogs from this series every month until it’s complete. Catch up and read the previous posts: Part I: How Long Should Your Manuscript Be?…

Story beats are essential narrative building blocks in any story – from literature to movies. Story beats are the critical moments that shape the story, creating a structure and pacing that keeps the audience engaged. This post explains story beats, specifically within screenplays.

In Writing the Romantic Comedy, Billy Mernit breaks the romance storyline into “seven basic” pieces, or “beats.” Most of us have heard that we should structure novels like p…