Don’t waste your words.

Write a book that works.

Use the Story Grid and write a successful novel.

Story Grid 101

If you're lost with all this talk of spreadsheets, genres, foolscaps, and grids, this is the page for you. Jump into the resources below to get introduced to the Story Grid basics.

Editing Your Manuscript

Now that you have a finished manuscript, how do you use the Story Grid tools to get to a second draft?

The Editor’s 6 Core Questions

Whenever you get stuck in your story, come back to these six questions to help you find your way.

Story Grid for Non-fiction

Story Grid isn't only for fiction. Learn how to write an amazing non-fiction work with the tools of Story Grid.

Don’t waste your words.

Write a book that works.

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1. Sign Up & Learn

Sign up now and Shawn will send you a free 5-day course on how to use Story Grid to write a better book.

Along with that, you’ll receive weekly updates with new Story Grid content designed to help you become a better writer.

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2. Read the Book

The Story Grid is a tool developed by editor Shawn Coyne to analyze stories and provide helpful editorial comments. It’s like a CT Scan that takes a photo of the global story and tells the editor or writer what is working, what is not, and what must be done to make what works better and fix what’s not.

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3. Access the Resources

Discover Editing Resources

4. Story Grid 101

If you're not sure where to start with Story Grid, check out these blog posts, podcast episodes, and tools to get started.

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"The Story Grid is an intensely practical tool. Like all tools, when you use it, it works. It will change you, your writing and most of all, the people who read what you write."

Seth Godin

The Icarus Deception

"If you're in the writing biz for the long haul and with your whole heart, StoryGrid.com is your home base. Land here first and check back every week. It's 'the show the pros watch.'"

Steven Pressfield

The War of Art

The Book

Is this your first crack at writing and finishing your book? Are you lost on how to tackle this project? This is the place to start.

The Book

First Time Writer

Is this your first crack at writing and finishing your book? Are you lost on how to tackle this project? This is the place to start.

Resources

Is this your first crack at writing and finishing your book? Are you lost on how to tackle this project? This is the place to start.

Resources

Don’t waste your words. Write a book that works.

Use the Story Grid and write a successful novel.

Story Grid 101

Editing Your Manuscript

The Editor’s 6 Core Questions

Story Grid for Non-fiction

Don’t waste your words. Write a book that works.

start here

1. Sign Up & Learn

2. Read the Book

3. Access the Resources

4. Story Grid 101

"The Story Grid is an intensely practical tool. Like all tools, when you use it, it works. It will change you, your writing and most of all, the people who read what you write."

Seth Godin

"If you're in the writing biz for the long haul and with your whole heart, StoryGrid.com is your home base. Land here first and check back every week. It's 'the show the pros watch.'"

Steven Pressfield

The Book

First Time Writer

Resources

Don’t waste your words.

Write a book that works.

Don’t waste your words.

Write a book that works.