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Looking for a way to organize your fiction story? Click to get a free copy of the beat sheet I made for myself - I use this for every story, novel and screenplay that I write! You'll get a three-page document that describes each beat and then gives you space to fill it in for your own story - it's an editable PDF, and I hope it's useful for you!

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