# Save the Cat! Beat Sheets (15-beat analyses)

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- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- categories: T01 · tags: level:beginner, story-structure, beat-sheet, commercial
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:17:48.920Z
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Source: https://savethecat.com/beat-sheets

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  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Beginner-level, widely used 15-beat structure with hundreds of worked analyses across film, TV, novels and games. Useful as one template among several; the hub should present it as a template, not a law.",
  "source_type": "tutorial",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Blake Snyder Enterprises, LLC",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Prescriptive page-count beats are contested by many practitioners; present alongside other structures."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] 'clear roadmap of 15 story beats' from Opening Image to Final Image; categories Film, Video Game, Memoir, Song, Stage, TV, Novel; 37 pages of analyses. · locator: section intro and category list · source: https://savethecat.com/beat-sheets
- [sourced_fact] Most recent analysis 2026-10-08 (Widow's Bay TV pilot); a video game analysis (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, 2026-05-28). · locator: list entries · source: https://savethecat.com/beat-sheets
- [sourced_fact] Copyright 2026 Blake Snyder Enterprises, LLC; sells books, classes, coaching and software. · locator: footer · source: https://savethecat.com/beat-sheets
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=prohibited redistribution=prohibited modification=prohibited training=unknown · Commercial, all rights reserved; Terms of Use not read. · evidence: https://savethecat.com/beat-sheets

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