Don’t waste your words.
Write a book that works.
“Stories are just hyper-realistic microcosms of reality.” I gaped as Shawn said it, or at least something to that effect. As often happens during training events, it was a brief moment spoken and then left behind as though it was something everyone knew. And maybe most of them on that call did, but my mind… Read more »
I have a story I’ve been noodling on for quite a few years. I’ve toyed with whether it should be a novel or a screenplay—probably both. Hopefully both. Here’s the premise: five friends in their 30s smoke recently legalized marijuana at their monthly book club meeting, hoping to find direction for the next chapter of… Read more »
Hamilton as Metaphor Scene Analysis
Ever since the Story Grid Editor Roundtable podcast started three years ago, we’ve been asked to apply the Story Grid method to a novel. Well, this is it! This season on the Story Grid Writers’ Room podcast, Leslie and Valerie are doing a full Story Grid macro analysis of A Wizard of Earthsea by… Read more »
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