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Story Grid Writing Podcast

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Total: 292

Shawn, Leslie, Danielle and Tim face a hard question...Is the Story Grid Podcast still worth doing?Y

What happens when you can't connect to your protagonist?This week Tim makes some progress on his sce

There are times in your story when you need to switch out the protagonist. This can even happen in t

Great stories always answer two-factor problems.In this episode we see how Tim's mistake of choosing

In this episode we start comparing the Story Grid 624 Analysis of the first draft of Tim's scene to

Tim has written a first draft of his scene based on the in-depth analysis of Ed McBain's EYE WITNESS

Tim has written a first draft of his scene based on the in-depth analysis of Ed McBain's EYE WITNESS

How do we use all of this masterwork analysis to actually iterate our own short story?In this week's

What are Tropes and how can they actually help your writing?Tropes are a toolbox of common component

Learn how your line-by-line writing can be improved by the Story Grid Beat methodology.In this episo

In this episode, Danielle continues walking Tim through every single line of Ed McBain's EYE WITNESS

Now that we have finished up the Story Grid 624 Analysis of Ed McBain's EYE WITNESS (https://www.you

We have wrapped up our 624 analysis of Ed McBain's short story EYE WITNESS. In this episode, Leslie

Continuing our 624 analysis of Ed McBain's short story EYE WITNESS, we are talking through the Five

Continuing our 624 analysis of Ed McBain's short story EYE WITNESS, we are talking through the Five

Continuing our 624 analysis of Ed McBain's short story EYE WITNESS, we are talking through the Five

There are four story analysis questions you must answer for every scene in your story: 1. What are t

There are four story analysis questions you must answer for every scene in your story: 1. What are t

Is it first or third person? Past or present tense?As you'll see in this week's podcast episode, Poi

Figuring out the Narrative Device for your story will unlock your writing in ways you never thought