Building Your Revision Storyboard (Step-by-Step)

Step 1. Create a scene card for every scene/chapter in your story

         Stick to a 1-2 sentence, high-level description of what happens in the

scene

Step 2. Place your single-scene beats first

         - Opening Image

         - Theme Stated

         - Catalyst

         - Break into Act 2

         - Midpoint

         - All is Lost

         - Break into Acts 2

         - Final Image

Step 3. Missing a Beat? Create a Placeholder Card

         - Include any ideas you might have for what that beat might be

Step 4. Fill in other cards between the single-scene beats (these become your multi-scene beats)

         - Set-up

         - Debate

         - Fun and Games

         - Bad Guys Close In

         - Dark Night of the Soul

         - Finale

Step 5. Brainstorm and create more cards as necessary to complete the board

Resources”

- Save the Cat Storytelling Software (savethecat.com)

- Scrivener (literatureandlatte.com)

- Plottr (plottr.com)

- Trello (Trello.com)

- Fictionary (fictionary.com)