The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Recipe: The Ultimate Guide to Brainstorming Your Next Great Story with AI (Jasper.ai)

Struggling to come up with ideas for your next book? What if I told you that there was a way to make brainstorming your next book easier and more fun? And what if I said that this method was used by some of the most successful storytellers out there? Well, luckily for you, there is such a thing, and it's called The?Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Recipe!?

What Is Save The Cat?

Save the Cat! is a tool used by many professional authors to help them plan and write their books. It's based on the "beat sheet" format used in screenwriting, and it's designed to help you map out your story beats, characters, and plot points.

The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Recipe?from?TheAiAuthor.com?can help you get your creative juices flowing and plan a great story using Jasper, the world's leading AI-powered writing assistant.

This recipe creates a hybrid set of 15 story beats for a novel, novella, or short story based on the Save the Cat by Blake Snyder and Story Structure outline by Larry Brooks. Recipe development credits go to Lyn South. (lynsouth.com)

Lyn's Notes:?Use this recipe to get the big picture overview solid by finishing the recipe commands first before working on additional commands Jasper generates. Users can try modifying the verbs in the existing commands (Write, Describe, etc.) to decide which command wording works best for them.

Using?The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Recipe?is easy and fun, and it can help you make sure that your book is well-structured and has all the elements that readers are looking for. So if you're ready to learn more about this premium Jasper recipe, read on!

But First, A Story

Once upon a time, there was an author who was struggling to come up with ideas for their next book. With no idea what they wanted to write about, they were starting to feel very discouraged.

But then they remembered hearing about a tool that could help them brainstorm and plan their book:?The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Recipe!

After giving it a try, and were amazed at how helpful this recipe was! Not only did it make brainstorming their book easier, but it also helped them come up with a great story that their readers would love.

The fact is many people find it difficult to come up with ideas for their next book. This can be due to a lack of inspiration, or because they're not sure where to start. And even if they do have an idea, it can be hard to turn that into a complete and well-structured story.

That's where?The Save The Cat! Beat Sheet Recipe?comes in. This recipe can help you get your creative juices flowing and plan a great story using Jasper, the world's leading AI-powered writing assistant.

After using?The Save The Cat! Beat Sheet Recipe, you'll feel confident and organized as you move forward with writing your book. This recipe is easy to follow and helps you make sure that your story has all the elements that readers are looking for.?

Ways To Use This Recipe

• Brainstorm ideas for your next book.
• Map out your story beats, characters, and plot points.
• Develop a synopsis for your book.
• Create a beat sheet for your book.
• Plan, outline, and structure your book.

Some additional benefits people have noted are:

• The recipe is easy to follow and helps you stay on track while writing your book.
• You'll feel more confident and organized after using this recipe.
• Helps you make sure that your story has all the elements that readers are looking for.
• Gets your creative juices flowing and helps you come up with a great story.

How Does It Work?

To start, you simply need to open up the recipe inside your Jasper Boss Mode account and fill out the Content Brief following the prompts below.

Answer these 6 questions in 600 characters or less inside the Content Brief, then expand on each command (=> or >) of the recipe. These commands are for Jasper and/or you to answer. When you find a content brief that produces winning outputs, copy & paste the context provided in each section below for future reference. Add a Tone of Voice for additional character and context, Keywords when they make sense, and the Title of your story/project.?

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• What? What is the concept, topic, or idea you want to relate to the reader?
• Where? Where does this concept, topic, or idea, apply??
• Why? Why does this matter?
• Who? Who is this for, or who is involved?
• When? Is there a concept of time involved?
• How? Ask yourself how will this happen?

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Then, run each command below in order and select the outputs you like, delete the ones you don't, or copy & paste into a Google doc or digital notebook to reference in the future as your story builds.

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BEGIN RECIPE

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> Write a list of opening image ideas for the story that sets the tone, mood, type, and scope of the story.?

> Write a list of opening Scene ideas

> Write a list of themes where a secondary character poses a question or statement to the main character that is the theme of the book

> Write a list of story hooks that create a question the reader wants an answer to or an itch that needs to be scratched.?

> Generate an inciting incident - the catalyst-- that brings down the house of cards in the story

> Generate a list of point of no return ideas where the character makes a choice from which they can't turn back

> Write the first plot point for {plot idea}

> Write the subplot story plot point that is a comedy element

> Write a subplot point about a romance element

> Write a plot point where characters have fun within the context of the story

> Write a pinch point moment that is a reminder of the story's antagonistic forces that are directly visible to the reader

> Write false victory ideas for the story's midpoint where the character seems to get what they want but it's not and it raises the stakes for the main character

> Write a list of new information or awareness ideas that change the experience or understanding for the main character or the reader, a catalyst for activating new decisions or actions

> Write a list of ideas for how the bad guys regroup and send in heavy artillery and the main character's team begins to unravel

> Write the second pinch point as a reminder of the story's antagonistic forces as the antagonist ups the game against the protagonist's attacks

> Generate a list of "all is lost" moment ideas where it seems like all hope is lost. This is a lull before the second plot point.

> Generate a list of 'black moments" that are the darkest points where the protagonist has lost something big

> Write the second plot point which is the final injection of new information into the story where the main character's quest is accelerated

> Write the resolution of the main story plot and subplots

> Write the dispatch of all bad guys in ascending order working up to the big boss

> Write the final image which is the opposite of the opening image and show how much change has occurred

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END RECIPE

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SUMMARY & ACTION STEPS

The Save The Cat! Beat Sheet Recipe is a great tool for helping authors brainstorm ways to make their stories more impactful, unique, enjoyable, successful, and relatable. If you're struggling with any of these aspects of your story, this premium Jasper recipe can help you come up with solutions.?

After using?The Save The Cat! Beat Sheet Recipe, you'll feel confident and organized as you move forward with writing your book. This recipe is easy to follow and helps you make sure that your story has all the elements that readers are looking for.?

With this recipe, you'll be able to brainstorm new plot points, characters, and story beats. So don't wait – Subscribe to TheAiAuthor.com to get access and run the recipe and start brainstorming today! You will need an active Jasper Boss Mode subscription. Get started with Jasper and get 10,000 free words at theaiauthor.com/jasper.