"Weaving Stories Together - The Beat Sheet

A beat is a the smallest unit of story telling. It is a piece of the story in which something happens. It could be something dramatic:

INT. BLUES’S HOUSE – DAY
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"LES TEMPS FORTS
Les temps forts tels que les décrits Blake Snyder dans le BS2 (la “Blake Snyder Beat Sheet”). Une discussion approfondie des quinze temps forts des films réussis tels qu'on les trouve dans le BS2. L'exemple de Miss Détective (Miss Congeniality)."
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Blues comes home to find Charlie there waiting for her. He apologizes for standing her up the other day — but he can’t explain. There were “things he needed to do.” Blues blows up at him. She’s sick of him being so mysterious. She tells him to get the hell out of her house."