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This will be the final episode of the Story Grid Podcast for the foreseeable future. Tim gives some background on why this decision was made along with an update on his current writing project and other happenings around Story Grid.
Access the full Story Grid analysis of Crazy Rich Asians at https://storygrid.com/crazy.What can writers learn from studying this 2018 film?This is the final in a four part series analyzing Crazy Rich Asians. The screenplay was written by Peter
Access the full Story Grid analysis of Crazy Rich Asians at https://storygrid.com/crazy.What can writers learn from studying this 2018 film?This is the second in a four part series analyzing Crazy Rich Asians. The screenplay was written by Pete
Access the full Story Grid analysis of Crazy Rich Asians at https://storygrid.com/crazy.What can writers learn from studying this 2018 film?This is the first in a four part series analyzing Crazy Rich Asians. The screenplay was written by Peter
Access the full Story Grid analysis of Crazy Rich Asians at https://storygrid.com/crazy.What can writers learn from studying this 2018 film?This is the first in a four part series analyzing Crazy Rich Asians. The screenplay was written by Peter
Access the full Story Grid analysis of John Wick at https://storygrid.com/wick.This is the final in a four part series analyzing the movie John Wick using the Story Grid methodology. This 2014 movie, written by Derek Kolstad, is a genre leading
Access the full Story Grid analysis of John Wick at https://storygrid.com/wick.This is the third in a four part series analyzing the movie John Wick using the Story Grid methodology. This 2014 movie, written by Derek Kolstad, is a genre leading
Access the full Story Grid analysis of John Wick at https://storygrid.com/wick.This is the second in a four part series analyzing the movie John Wick using the Story Grid methodology. This 2014 movie, written by Derek Kolstad, is a genre leadin
Access the full Story Grid analysis of John Wick at https://storygrid.com/wick.This is the first in a four part series analyzing the movie John Wick using the Story Grid methodology. This 2014 movie, written by Derek Kolstad, is a genre leading
We're down to line edits on Tim's iteration of the masterwork Eye Witness by Ed McBain.Shawn, Danielle, and Leslie provide final feedback on how to clean up the last few error messages still coming through. Click here to read Tim's scene: https
Now that Tim has had a breakthrough on his iteration of EYE WITNESS by Ed McBain, we're getting down to fixing individual Beats and checking to make sure he's adhered to the Story Grid 624 Analysis.You really see the Story Grid Tools shine in t
Does Tim Actually Get It Right? How to Nail the Narrative DeviceOn Tim's 10th draft, he finally makes a breakthrough on his iteration of EYE WITNESS by Ed McBain!And it ended up being a simple practice that got him over the hump.Listen in as Sh
In this impromptu episode, Tim and Danielle discuss the ongoing problems with the work on the Ed McBain EYE WITNESS scene and why Tim can't connect with his characters.
Shawn takes a crack at rewriting Tim's scene to help him understand what he's missing on the Narrative Device.Then we hear Leslie and Danielle's edits and feedback on what he got right and wrong.When they ask Tim what he thinks of all this, lot
There are lots of insights in this week's episode of the podcast.We look at the emotional connection between the hero and victim, ensuring there is conflict at every level of the story, and how better to lock in to the narrative device.Click he
Nobody is innocent in your story. Everyone is hiding something.You must adjust these levels correctly in order for your reader to connect with the right characters.This is the focus Danielle, Leslie, and Shawn take on Tim's scene this week.Clic
Who is the Hero, Victim, and Perpetrator in your story?What are the relationships between each of them?The more vague or ungrounded each of these relationships are, the more the story will not read as believable.This is the focus Danielle, Lesl
Figuring out your Story Theme is the key to unlocking the entire roadmap of your story.Scott Mann is the author of the new book → Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honor
How do you ground your characters in a reality that your reader will believe even though you are making the whole thing up?This week Tim makes the mistake of sterilizing his protagonist to the point where he is no longer interesting or believab
Who is telling your story? Who are they telling it to? Why are they telling it?This is the Narrative Device!The Narrative Device consists of three main components:Author: The Author is someone who is capable of telling the POP premise as a stor
Shawn, Leslie, Danielle and Tim face a hard question...Is the Story Grid Podcast still worth doing?You might be surprised by what they have to say.
What happens when you can't connect to your protagonist?This week Tim makes some progress on his scene, but it's still missing something. The soul in the writing isn't there.Shawn, Leslie, and Danielle talk through how to use emotional pain to
There are times in your story when you need to switch out the protagonist. This can even happen in the middle of a scene or short story.But how do you do it the right way?This week Shawn, Danielle, and Leslie look at Tim's draft to see how you
Great stories always answer two-factor problems.In this episode we see how Tim's mistake of choosing the wrong protagonist messes up the two factor problem. Shawn, Danielle, and Leslie help him sort out how to fix this problem.Click here to rea
In this episode we start comparing the Story Grid 624 Analysis of the first draft of Tim's scene to EYE WITNESS by Ed McBain. Pretty quickly we see that Tim made one small mistake that ends up having a huge impact on the rest of the scene.In EY
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