Story Grid Writing Podcast

Helping you become a better writer. Join Shawn Coyne, author of Story Grid and a top editor for 30+

Episodes

Total: 292

Learn the 5 commandments of storytelling and how it will make your story better. We mention the tran

Learn how the Story Grid works with Andy Weir's The Martian and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.

The 8 stages of grief/writing

2015/12/16

How does the Kübler-Ross model from psychiatry apply to your writing? Also, how to develop your char

How can narrative device make your storytelling easier? We also discuss the two types of inciting in

Story Grid Math. How many scenes, words, turns does your book need? Also discussed is the 5 commandm

6 questions (good) editors ask

2015/11/25

In this episode, Shawn and Tim deep dive into the editing process. They discuss when to start workin

Shawn rips apart Tim's scene

2015/11/18

Shawns critiques (rips apart) Tim's first scene. Along the way, they discuss Agatha Christie, Wes Cr

How not to waste 100k words

2015/11/11

How does The Martian work with The Story Grid? Plus, we discuss how to make sure your story is good

How does Stephen King write?

2015/11/4

How does Stephen King do it? Plus, Shawn and Tim talk about flailing as a writer and how good charac

Diving deep into genre

2015/10/28

Shawn and Tim dive deeper into genre and how to find the best internal and external conflicts. Along

Shawn and Tim discuss literary vs commercial fiction and start diving into the giant subject that is

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