Story & Plot Frameworks
Classic narrative structures for novels and screenplays — three-act, Hero’s Journey, Save the Cat, and more.
Three-Act Structure
The three-act structure divides your story into Setup, Confrontation, and Resolution. This template drops 15 scene beats, 4 act banners, and protagonist/antagonist cards onto a free visual canvas so you can outline without a blank page.
View templateHero's Journey (Monomyth)
Joseph Campbell’s 12-stage Hero’s Journey mapped as numbered beat cards in a circular layout — Departure, Initiation, Return — with mentor and shadow characters ready to fill.
View templateSave the Cat Beat Sheet
Blake Snyder’s 15-beat Save the Cat structure as numbered beat cards with story-percentage marks. Ideal for screenplays and commercial novels.
View templateDan Harmon’s Story Circle
You → Need → Go → Search → Find → Take → Return → Change. Eight beats in a circle for episodes, shorts, and character-driven arcs.
View templateSnowflake Method
Expand your novel like a snowflake: start with one sentence, grow into paragraph, acts, characters, and scenes on a layered canvas.
View templateFichtean Curve
Start in action and escalate crisis after crisis to a peak climax. Perfect for thrillers that never let the reader rest.
View template7-Point Story Structure
Hook, Plot Turns, Pinch Points, Midpoint, Resolution — designed to be filled backwards so your ending shapes your opening.
View templateFreytag's Pyramid
Classical five-point pyramid for short stories and traditional fiction. Place beats on the rise and fall of tension.
View templateNaNoWriMo 50k Sprint
Four weekly pacing beats for 50,000 words in 30 days (~1,667 words/day). Attach your scenes under each week as you draft.
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