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Apply the 15-beat percentages to a novel or novella target and print a worksheet. Runs entirely in your browser. We do not store your manuscript or names.
Point beats are a single location. Span beats overlap on purpose — do not add the word ranges together. Save the Cat percentages here are the film table applied to prose; novelists often flex them.
Opening Image
0–800
Theme Stated
4,000
Setup
800–8,000
Catalyst
8,000
Debate
8,000–16,000
Break into Two
16,000
B Story
17,600
Fun and Games
16,000–40,000
Midpoint
40,000
Bad Guys Close In
40,000–60,000
All Is Lost
60,000
Dark Night of the Soul
60,000–64,000
Break into Three
64,000
Finale
64,000–79,200
Final Image
79,200–80,000
| Beat | Kind | words | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Image | span 0–1% | 0–800 | |
| Theme Stated | point 5% | 4,000 | |
| Setup | span 1–10% | 800–8,000 | |
| Catalyst | point 10% | 8,000 | |
| Debate | span 10–20% | 8,000–16,000 | |
| Break into Two | point 20% | 16,000 | |
| B Story | point 22% | 17,600 | |
| Fun and Games | span 20–50% | 16,000–40,000 | |
| Midpoint | point 50% | 40,000 | |
| Bad Guys Close In | span 50–75% | 40,000–60,000 | |
| All Is Lost | point 75% | 60,000 | |
| Dark Night of the Soul | span 75–80% | 60,000–64,000 | |
| Break into Three | point 80% | 64,000 | |
| Finale | span 80–99% | 64,000–79,200 | |
| Final Image | span 99–100% | 79,200–80,000 |
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