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A step outline (also informally called a beat sheet or scene-by-scene [1]) is a detailed telling of a story with the intention of turning the story into a screenplay for a motion picture. The step outline briefly details every scene of the screenplay's story, and often has indications for dialogue and character interactions.
The word "beat" is industry slang that was derived from a famous Russian writer who told someone that writing the script was just a matter of putting all the bits together. In his heavy accent he pronounced bits as "beats". [citation needed] A beat sheet is a document with all the events in a movie script to guide the writing of that script.
The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet has become "a staple in writing classes," [6] and critics have argued (positively and negatively) that the book differs from other screenwriting books due to "the absolute specificity of Snyder’s formula, as well as its widespread adoption by the film industry."
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Snyder developed two weekend workshops for writers, filmmakers and executives. The introductory class, The Beat Sheet Workshop, helped participants come up with the solid structure of the 15 beats, before they embark on the actual writing of the script. In addition, The Beat Sheet Workshop was expanded to be led internationally.
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