Hey you guys welcome back to my save the cat series today. We're talking about beat number four, which is the catalyst If you're stumbling across this video and you don't know what I'm talking about I am creating a series on the save the cat writes a novel book and I'm going over all the beats This is beat four. I've already done three videos the opening image the theme stated the setup and today We are tackling the fourth beat which is the catalyst if you guys missed any of those videos I will have the playlist linked below for you guys to take a look But without further ado, let's jump into today's video So what is the catalyst according to save the cat the catalyst is that moment in your protagonist's life that disrupts the status quo It basically disrupts their life to where they have to make a huge change The first thing you need to know about the catalyst is that it's got to be such a huge Disruption in their life that they have no choice but to make a change The next thing you need to know about the catalyst is that it usually is bad news and it comes in the form of a bad email or a diagnosis or a divorce or Some sort of phone call that just turns their life upside down and you may be asking yourself Why does it always have to come in the form of bad news and does it have to come in the form of bad news? Not necessarily, but the truth of the matter is that most people don't change unless they're forced to so that is why this Catalyst moment usually has to come in the form of like it shakes something in your protagonist's life to make them Change from the way life is which is the way you've set it up thus far with the opening image with the theme stated with the setup You've set their life which by the way as we discussed in the last video their life is not Perfect they think it is but it's got to be messy in some way and now the catalyst is the moment where we disrupt that life and we start Fixing things and seeing how we can shake things up to make your protagonist wake up The next thing you need to know about the catalyst is that the catalyst is a single scene beat unlike the setup that has a bunch of scenes This is going to be one scene that you write and you're going to also make sure that this catalyst is something that happens To the protagonist to your main character For if it not happens to her or hand or whoever your main character is then they may not change because it has to affect Them their life as they have it now to force them to start looking at life differently And the final thing you need to know about the catalyst is that it has to be something big And how do you know if you've gone big enough ask yourself the question Can the protagonist can my main character return to life as she had it right now if the answer is yes That means that your catalyst is not big enough so go back in there and add something big to where they can no longer Return to their regular life as they have it because then you don't have a story to write right? Okay, you guys so that is it for the catalyst remember to go back in and watch the last three videos if you have not done So also make sure that you stay tuned that you're subscribed so that you don't miss any of the upcoming videos They're going to be 15 in total because like we said there are 15 beats So I'm doing a little short video on all the beats to help you guys during nano-rimal or while writing your book Even if you're not participating in nano-rimal and if you guys have not gotten the book run out and get it It is such a good tool to have while you're writing your novel that I can't Promoted any more than what I already do this is not also this is not like a Sponsored video or a sponsored series that I'm doing with the writer or anything like that This is just what I'm doing because I love the book so much It helped me so much in my writing that I really want to help you guys out too Well, that is it for this video. I will see you guys again in a brand new video in a few days So stay tuned until next time stay safe You