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Save the Cat! Beat Sheet

Core

Snyder's 15-beat commercial screenplay structure. Measures pacing against the expected beat timing — where the story conforms and where it deviates.

Pacing DeviationsCatalyst

Works Using This Framework

176 works
TitleAuthor
1984George Orwell
2312Kim Stanley Robinson
A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller, Jr.
A Closed and Common OrbitBecky Chambers
A Desolation Called PeaceArkady Martine
A Fire Upon the DeepVernor Vinge
A Good ShellackingStanislaw Lem
A Perfect VacuumStanislaw Lem
A Perfect Vacuum (self-review)Stanislaw Lem
AcceptanceJeff VanderMeer
Adulthood RitesOctavia E. Butler
AgencyWilliam Gibson
AirGeoff Ryman
All Tomorrow's PartiesWilliam Gibson
Altruizine or A True Account of How Bonhomius the Hermetic Hermit Tried to Bring About Universal HappinessStanislaw Lem
American GodsNeil Gaiman
AmmoniteNicola Griffith
Among OthersJo Walton
An Examination of the Work of Herbert QuainJorge Luis Borges
Ancillary JusticeAnn Leckie
Ancillary SwordAnn Leckie
AnnihilationJeff VanderMeer
Anxiety Is the Dizziness of FreedomTed Chiang
AuthorityJeff VanderMeer
BarrayarLois McMaster Bujold
Being Inc.Stanislaw Lem
Blackout/All ClearConnie Willis
BlindsightPeter Watts
Blue MarsKim Stanley Robinson
Chasm CityAlastair Reynolds
Childhood's EndArthur C. Clarke
Count ZeroWilliam Gibson
CyteenC. J. Cherryh
Dacey's Patent Automatic NannyTed Chiang
DawnOctavia E. Butler
De Impossibilitate Vitae / De Impossibilitate PrognoscendiStanislaw Lem
Death and the CompassJorge Luis Borges
Die Kultur als FehlerStanislaw Lem
Division by ZeroTed Chiang
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Philip K. Dick
Doomsday BookConnie Willis
DreamsnakeVonda N. McIntyre
DuneFrank Herbert
EchopraxiaPeter Watts
Ender's GameOrson Scott Card
ExcessionIain M. Banks
ExhalationTed Chiang
ExhalationTed Chiang
Ficciones (Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius)Jorge Luis Borges
FledglingOctavia E. Butler
Forever PeaceJoe Haldeman
Foundation's EdgeIsaac Asimov
Funes the MemoriousJorge Luis Borges
GatewayFrederik Pohl
GigameshStanislaw Lem
Green MarsKim Stanley Robinson
Gruppenfuhrer Louis XVIStanislaw Lem
Hell Is the Absence of GodTed Chiang
How the World Was SavedStanislaw Lem
HyperionDan Simmons
I, RobotIsaac Asimov
IdiotaStanislaw Lem
IdoruWilliam Gibson
ImagoOctavia E. Butler
Klara and the SunKazuo Ishiguro
Les RobinsonadesStanislaw Lem
Liking What You See: A DocumentaryTed Chiang
Lord of LightRoger Zelazny
Lost FuturesLisa Tuttle
Mirror DanceLois McMaster Bujold
Mona Lisa OverdriveWilliam Gibson
Network EffectMartha Wells
NeuromancerWilliam Gibson
Never Let Me GoKazuo Ishiguro
New CosmogonyStanislaw Lem
New York 2140Kim Stanley Robinson
Non ServiamStanislaw Lem
NovaSamuel R. Delany
Odysseus of IthacaStanislaw Lem
OmphalosTed Chiang
Paladin of SoulsLois McMaster Bujold
Pattern RecognitionWilliam Gibson
Perdido Street StationChina Miéville
Perhaps the StarsAda Palmer
PerycalypsisStanislaw Lem
Pierre Menard, Author of the QuixoteJorge Luis Borges
Pushing IceAlastair Reynolds
Queen of the StatesLisa Goldstein
Rainbows EndVernor Vinge
Red MarsKim Stanley Robinson
RedshirtsJohn Scalzi
Rendezvous with RamaArthur C. Clarke
Revelation SpaceAlastair Reynolds
Rien du tout, ou la consequenceStanislaw Lem
RingworldLarry Niven
Seven SurrendersAda Palmer
Seventy-Two LettersTed Chiang
SexplosionStanislaw Lem
Snow CrashNeal Stephenson
SolarisStanislaw Lem
Speaker for the DeadOrson Scott Card
Spook CountryWilliam Gibson
Stand on ZanzibarJohn Brunner
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of SandSamuel R. Delany
Starship TroopersRobert A. Heinlein
Startide RisingDavid Brin
Stories of Your Life and OthersTed Chiang
Story of Your LifeTed Chiang
Stranger in a Strange LandRobert A. Heinlein
Take Back PlentyColin Greenland
Tale of the Three Storytelling Machines of King GeniusStanislaw Lem
The Approach to Al-Mu'tasimJorge Luis Borges
The Calculating StarsMary Robinette Kowal
The Circular RuinsJorge Luis Borges
The City & The CityChina Miéville
The Coral BonesJynne Martin
The CyberiadStanislaw Lem
The Demolished ManAlfred Bester
The Diamond AgeNeal Stephenson
The DispossessedUrsula K. Le Guin
The EndJorge Luis Borges
The Evolution of Human ScienceTed Chiang
The Fall of HyperionDan Simmons
The Fifth Sally (A) or Trurl's PrescriptionStanislaw Lem
The Fifth Sally or The Mischief of King BalerionStanislaw Lem
The Fifth SeasonN.K. Jemisin
The First Sally (A) or Trurl's Electronic BardStanislaw Lem
The First Sally or The Trap of GargantiusStanislaw Lem
The Forever WarJoe Haldeman
The Form of the SwordJorge Luis Borges
The Foundation TrilogyIsaac Asimov
The Fountains of ParadiseArthur C. Clarke
The Fourth Sally or How Trurl Built a FemfatalatronStanislaw Lem
The Garden of Forking PathsJorge Luis Borges
The Gods ThemselvesIsaac Asimov
The Great SilenceTed Chiang
The Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood
The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guin
The Library of BabelJorge Luis Borges
The Lifecycle of Software ObjectsTed Chiang
The Lottery in BabylonJorge Luis Borges
The Martian ChroniclesRay Bradbury
The Merchant and the Alchemist's GateTed Chiang
The Ministry for the FutureKim Stanley Robinson
The Moon Is a Harsh MistressRobert A. Heinlein
The PeripheralWilliam Gibson
The Second Sally or The Offer of King KroolStanislaw Lem
The Secret MiracleJorge Luis Borges
The Sect of the PhoenixJorge Luis Borges
The SeparationChristopher Priest
The Seventh Sally or How Trurl's Own Perfection Led to No GoodStanislaw Lem
The Sixth Sally or How Trurl and Klapaucius Created a DemonStanislaw Lem
The Snow QueenJoan D. Vinge
The SouthJorge Luis Borges
The SparrowMary Doria Russell
The Stone SkyN. K. Jemisin
The Third Sally or The Dragons of ProbabilityStanislaw Lem
The Truth of Fact, the Truth of FeelingTed Chiang
The Uplift WarDavid Brin
The Will to BattleAda Palmer
The Windup GirlPaolo Bacigalupi
The Years of Rice and SaltKim Stanley Robinson
The Yiddish Policemen's UnionMichael Chabon
Theme of the Traitor and the HeroJorge Luis Borges
Three Versions of JudasJorge Luis Borges
TimescapeGregory Benford
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis TertiusJorge Luis Borges
To Say Nothing of the DogConnie Willis
Too Like the LightningAda Palmer
Tower of BabylonTed Chiang
Trurl's MachineStanislaw Lem
U-Write-ItStanislaw Lem
UnderstandTed Chiang
Use of WeaponsIain M. Banks
Virtual LightWilliam Gibson
What's Expected of UsTed Chiang