Story Development features

Beat sheet for film & TV writers

Structure your storytelling with Celtx. Brainstorm ideas, and visualize your script with story beats.

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Never miss a beat

Mapping out scenes, connecting essential plot points, developing character arcs – organizing your story’s narrative structure is hard work! With Celtx’s beat sheet, you can visualize your narrative structure and keep the story moving forward without missing a beat.

See Celtx's beat sheet in action

How it works

Use the Celtx beat sheet to organize ideas, visualize your story, and capture your story in one visual gulp.

Add Beats

Add beats to the beat sheet. Each beat can represent an idea, character, scene, or sequence.
Fill in Details

Give each beat a title and a short description. By default, each beat is assigned a randomized title to get your creative juices flowing. You can also color code your beats to help keep things organized.
Arrange Your Beat Sheet

Use drag and drop to group your beats and balance your story structure.
Collaborate

Work on your beat sheet with other Celtx studio collaborators. Share read-only links to your beat sheet, and invite users to leave comments.
Transform Beats Into Script Scenes

Turn your beats into scenes within your Celtx script. Beat titles become scene headings.

Tools for every stage of production

The Celtx studio guides you every step of the way with integrated tools and features.

Writing

Script Editors

For film & TV, and theater.

Episodic Projects

Keep your scripts organized.

Automatic Formatting

Write to industry standards.

Story Development

Beat Sheet

Visualize your story structure.

Storyboard

Bring your script to life.

Script Goals & Insights

Set writing goals and better understand your script.

Pre-Production

Breakdown

Easily tag script assets.

Catalog

Organize every element in your script.

Shot List

Plan out every shot.

Schedule

Automatically create a stripboard from your script.

Cast & Crew

Track their every detail.

Sides

Easily generate and distribute to cast and crew.

Production

Budget

Track expenses and prevent overruns.

Call sheets

Dynamically generated and updated.

Reports

Get a snapshot of your shoot.

Resources

The Celtx beat sheet feature helps you visualize your story and balance your script in a single view. Learn more about beat sheets with these resources from Celtx.