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**Story Grid Writing Podcast**

Helping you become a better writer.

Join Shawn Coyne, author of Story Grid and a top editor for 30+ years, and Tim Grahl, struggling writer, as they discuss the ins and outs of what makes a story great.

More at www.StoryGrid.com.

Latest Episodes:

I'm Freaking Out Nov 23, 2017

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Tim reaches the point where he wants to throw his book away and start over. Shawn is there to talk him off the ledge.

Rework or Keep Writing? Nov 16, 2017

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We all hit those times where we don't know whether to rework what we've written or keeping pushing forward. Shawn talks Tim through this decision.

What Shawn has learned Nov 02, 2017

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After hearing the listener messages from the 100th episode, Shawn reflects on what the last two years have meant to him... and then we dive back into my story.

The 100th Oct 26, 2017

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In this 100th episode of the Story Grid Podcast, we here from you the listeners about what this show has meant to you over the last two years.

NaNoWriMo and Story Grid Oct 19, 2017

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Are you doing NaNoWriMo next month? If so, you should be getting ready NOW. Shawn walks you through how to use the Story Grid to prepare for writing an entire novel in one month.

Go Back to the Genre Oct 12, 2017

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When you get stuck or lost in your story, how do you find your way? Shawn and Tim discuss this as a follow up to last week's episode.

What Does the Villain Want? Oct 06, 2017

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As Tim finished up the Beginning Hook and enters the Middle Build, a very important question comes to light.

Download Tim's Beginning Hook.

Our Past, Present, and Future Sep 21, 2017

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This is episode 96. We're almost to the two year anniversary of the show. Tim spends a bit of time reflecting on the past, present, and future of the Story Grid Podcast.

To share your story, visit:

http://storygrid.com/tell

Q&A - Part 3 Sep 14, 2017

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Shawn continues answering questions from listeners about genre, the hero's journey, and more.

Questions answered in this episode:

Can the mentor also be the villain?
Practical ways to workshop and come up with story ideas and to find inspiration. What core components make up a story premise?
How can I use the Story Grid methodology in relation to short story?
What novels do you recommend for studying the Redemption Plot and the Education Plot?
Shawn and Steven Pressfield have worked together on many epic war novels. What are the obligatory scenes and conventions of the war genre?
In the horror genre you put aliens under both uncanny and supernatural, is that because it depends on how they will be viewed in the story?

Q&A - Part 2 Sep 07, 2017

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Tim continues throwing your story questions at Shawn.

Submit your questions for future episodes at twitter.com/storygrid.

Can you talk more about the Society genre, please? Does this lend itself better to a mini-plot story (with multiple protagonists) than an arch-plot story?
How do you go to "the end of the line" in a story like The Accidental Tourist? Clearly, the stakes are not life or death, so how do you show a fate worse than death?
How do we track sub-plot on the one-page Foolscap Global Story Grid? Or, do we track them at all?
In the Action genre, Clock subgenre, the book gives four sub-subgenres with different villain types driving the plot: Ransom, Holdout, Countdown, and Fate. In Fate, Time itself is the villain, and the example is Back to the Future. Does that last one apply only to time-travel stories? How do “Time” and “Circumstances” differ as clock devices/villains?
Is deus ex machina ever a good thing?
What are the values at stake for a non-fiction?
What do recommend writers do about writer’s block?
What has Shawn learned through this process? Has he changed his mind about anything since working with Tim?
Is there an ideal time to engage an editor and/or beta readers?

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