Just Beat It: What Is A Beat Sheet and How Can You Make It Work For You?

Learn directly from Jeni Jones, Development Executive, Screenwriter and Independent Producer (Law Abiding Citizen, The Woman in Black, Snitch)!

In this Stage 32 Next Level Webinar, host Jeni Jones will teach you both how to create a useful beat sheet and then how to use it to develop your screenplay. In addition, she’ll go over the multiple phases during which doing this type of targeted story work can be helpful. Knowing how to craft a solid beat sheet and then how to use it as a road map to develop your screenplay can give you the edge to take your writing to the next level!

You will leave the webinar:

• With a clear understanding of what a beat sheet is and why it is important.
• With clear, in-depth examples of how to craft your beat sheet.
• Knowing how to use your beat sheet to identify problems in your script.
• Knowing when exactly in the writing process to create your beat sheet.
• With a plan of attack for how to make your beat sheet work for you.

Your host Jeni Jones has worked steadily in Film & TV production and development at several companies including Starz Media, The Film Department, and Exclusive Media over the past 10 years. She has worked intimately with writers, producers, and directors as a Creative Executive on numerous produced (and unproduced) feature film projects. She also produced The Projects Lumiere, which won an Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as Kodak’s Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Jeni knows how to help you develop your screenplay and is here exclusively for Stage 32 to help guide our writers toward success!