The story structure does sharpen your plot and help you discover naturally what is meant to come next in your story as you write. I can’t say that her method will solve the world’s problems or give you a book that will make you millions of dollars, but what I can say is that it does have some truth to it. Her claim is that this story structure she adopted from Snyder appears in almost all successful movies and novels in the last couple hundred years. Brody adopted this method from Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need. Save the Cat! Writes a Novel is about a three-act story structure, with a specific set of 15 plot points (or story beats). How Can Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Help You with Story Structure? So when we’re talking about plot, problems with plot, or how you may have hit a roadblock (desperately needing a cup of coffee) and aren’t sure what’s supposed to come next in your story, what we’re really talking about is an issue with structure, and we need to look at how you’ve organized the events in your story in order to move the story forward.
Structure is how you organize those events. If you read last month’s column, a review on Alan Watt’s The 90-Day Novel, you’ll have an understanding that plot and story structure are two different elements that make a story. How do we fix it and why is it a problem spot for so many writers? Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book on Novel Writing You’ll Ever Need by Jessica Brody
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