#204. Book Club: Save the Cat! (Part 2)

“What can screenwriting teach us about presentations?”That’s the question Mikey and Molly continue to answer in Part 2 of their Book Club style episodes on Blake Snyder's famous Save the Cat! Screenwriting book.In this episode, they break down Snyder’s 15 beats of storytelling and equate each to a “Beat Sheet for Business Storytelling.” A “beat” can be interpreted as a slide or handful of slides that establishes an “emotional change” within a presentation, moving your narrative forward. Snyder’s storyboarding advice in Chapter 6 and his “immutable laws of screenplay psychics” in Chapter 7 are also very useful for real world presentation applications. This is an episode for: film nerds, writers, presenters and anyone working with slideware. What’s in the Spice Cabinet?Read Save the Cat! For yourself:Get the book (on Bookshop.org!)Another screenwriting classicSyd Field’s Screenplay: The Foundations of ScreenwritingCheck out Blake Snyder’s “Beat Sheets”Beat Sheet AnalysisBlake’s Walkout Song? (According to Mikey)Beat It by Michael JacksonClaim your spot for Story Camp 2026November 3-6 in Boulder, CO