The Storyteller's Way

This is the part of the story where you: - Pay attention without panicking. - Gather information without spiraling. - Let the world reveal its new rules before you try to master them.

In The Storyteller’s Way (an expanded beat sheet built upon Save the Cat), what most frameworks call the Catalyst/Inciting Incident lines up with Beat 4: “FLASH POINT—the moment the hero can’t un-know or can’t undo, and the plot gains irreversible forward momentum. A template you can use when crafting your own powerful Flash Point is Disruption → Cost → Direction.