Story Grid Writing Podcast

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Latest Episodes:

How to Write a Great Love Story Oct 20, 2016

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Part 2 on the love story genre. Shawn and Tim dive into the genre conventions, obligatory scenes, and how you can write a great love story.

The Most Important Genre Oct 13, 2016

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If you had to pick one genre to master, what should it be? Shawn answers the question in this week's episode.

Getting the Rewrites Right Oct 06, 2016

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Tim finally nails his scene. What changed? And what is the right process for going from draft to a working scene?

Click here to download Tim's scenes from this episode.

Listener Questions and More Rewrites Sep 29, 2016

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Shawn and Tim answer a few questions from listeners and then dive into more rewrites of Tim's scenes.

Submit your questions on Twitter @storygrid.

Download Tim's Scene 4 Rewrite.

How to Rewrite Scenes Sep 22, 2016

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How do you take scenes that don't work and rewrite them? Shawn and Tim walk through best practices and common pitfalls.

Still... Critiquing Tim's Beginning Hook Sep 15, 2016

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Shawn continues working through the Story Grid for Tim's beginning hook.

Downloads for this episode:

[Tim's Beginning Hook Scenes][1]
[Shawn's Notes on Tim's Beginning Hook][2]
[Story Grid Spreadsheet for Tim's Beginning Hook][3]

Critiquing Tim's Beginning Hook Sep 08, 2016

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Tim has finished the first 11 scenes of his book -- the Beginning Hook -- and Shawn wades into his critique on where he did well and where he... didn't.

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Story Grid and Non-fiction Sep 01, 2016

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The 4 categories of non-fiction and how the Story Grid applies to them.

The Great Hedonometer Aug 25, 2016

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This week we talk with PhD candidate Andy Reagan who is one of the researchers behind the Hendonometer Shawn and Tim discussed a couple weeks ago. Andy shares where they are at with the research and they discuss the implications for writers in the future.

Check out the Hedonometer.

Turning Pro as a Writer Aug 18, 2016

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What does it take to move from amateur to professional as a writer? Tim and Shawn discuss this in depth and share their experience.