Editor Roundtable: A Fish Called Wanda

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This week, Jarie pitched A Fish Called Wanda as a great example of set and setting driving dialogue. This 1998 film starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, John Cleese and Michael Palin was directed by Charles Crichton from a screenplay by Charles Crichton and John Cleese. The Story Genre: Crime > Heist Beginning Hook –… Read more »

The Atomic Theory of Storytelling

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[0:00:00.5] TG: Hello and welcome to the Story Grid Podcast. This is a show dedicated to helping you become a better writer. I’m your host, Tim Grahl and I am a struggling writer trying to figure out how to tell a story that works. Joining me shortly is Shawn Coyne, he is the creator of… Read more »

5 Questions to Help You Write Compelling Characters

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How do you write better characters? Learn how to create a compelling protagonist and how your protagonist’s objects of desire (their wants and needs) can help you write a story that works. #amwriting #writingtips #writingcommunity

Editor Roundtable: The Hunger Games

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The odds are in our favor this week as Leslie takes us through The Hunger Games on a tour of Action-Adventure conventions. This 2012 Action film was directed by Gary Ross from a screenplay he wrote with Billy Ray and Suzanne Collins, based on Collins’s novel of the same name. The Story Genre:… Read more »

The Math of Storytelling

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[00:00:00] TG: Hello and welcome to the Story Grid podcast. This is a show dedicated to helping you become a better writer. I’m your host, Tim Grahl, and I am a struggling writer trying to figure out how to tell a story that works. Joining me shortly is Shawn Coyne. He is the creator Story… Read more »

Editor Roundtable: Love Actually

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This week, Anne pitched Love Actually for her ongoing study of complex story forms–in this case, the miniplot structure. This 2003 British film was written and directed by that champion of love stories, Richard Curtis, and despite its mediocre metascore of 55, it still figures on a lot of lists of favorite romantic movies and… Read more »

What is a Phere?

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Secrets of Writing the Big Idea Book

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Are you writing a nonfiction Big Idea Book or interested in learning how? Are you curious about the structure of the story that has become crucial to human evolution, vital to our basic survival, and capable of extrapolating what makes us human? I don’t know about you but there is nothing I love reading more… Read more »

Editor Roundtable: Live from Nashville

Editor Roundtable Podcast, Story Grid

We’re in Nashville this week for Story Grid University’s second Editor Certification course. Join us for some lively interviews with the students who are about to join the exclusive club of Story Grid Certified Editors, along with our own insights and next steps. If you have a question about any story principle, you can ask… Read more »

Too Much Information

Fundamental Fridays, Story Grid

In this article we’ll consider what exposition is. We’ll see why we can’t get rid of it altogether, and we’ll learn how brain science can help us understand when to use it and why. At the end, we’ll be a bit step closer to writing novels that glide along on story-rails with the least possible friction.

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The Atomic Theory of Storytelling

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The Math of Storytelling

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Editor Roundtable: Love Actually

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Secrets of Writing the Big Idea Book

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