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r/writing • … • u/madhuni22

How do we use "SAVE THE CAT" for a story of a YouTube video, where we have such a short time to show everything?

So recently I have been reading all about Story and Storytelling. I came to know about the Beat sheet provided by "Save The Cat!". Now it all makes sense while writing my story and hitting all the possible beats from the beat sheet. But my question is, for the very first beat "The Opening Image", in the context of a YouTube video where if you don't hook your audience in the first 5-10secs, they are gone, how we can best use this beat to make sure that the audience is hooked?

Again the story I am working on is NOT fictional but my travel experience. But I am trying to make it more relatable as it talks about the universal theme of Friendship. I am stuck on what should be the initial 5-10 seconds for the story because other beats make sense if the audience is hooked.

Looking forward to some suggestions on this!

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