Gone Girl – Middle Build 1

Writers' Room Podcast

How can you keep readers turning pages through the middle build of your story? On the Story Grid Writer’s Room podcast this week, we find out by analyzing the middle build 1 quadrant of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. The Story Grid Writer’s Room is a show dedicated to offering a practical approach to the… Read more »

Gone Girl – Beginning Hook

Writers' Room Podcast

What makes the opening of Gillian Flynn’s 2012 Psychological Thriller, Gone Girl, so compelling? On the Story Grid Writer’s Room podcast this week, we analyze the beginning hook to find out. The Story Grid Writer’s Room is a show dedicated to offering a practical approach to the Story Grid method so you can put… Read more »

Quadrant 3 of the Heroic Journey 2.0

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Tim has finished his manuscript! Shawn gives him the next steps and then they continue discussing the Hero’s Journey 2.0.

Gone Girl – Editor’s Six Core Questions

Writers' Room Podcast

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 we’re doing a full macro analysis of Gone Girl, the 2012 novel by Gillian Flynn, and today we’re taking a look at the Editor’s Six… Read more »

Crafting Your Story’s Shadow

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Joseph Campbell identified the monomyth in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In his research, Campbell found that it didn’t matter what culture or religion he looked at, there was a specific pattern of events that unfolded and seemed to come up again and again and again. This structure is seen in the… Read more »

World-Building in the Heroic Journey 2.0

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Tim is getting pretty stuck on the world-building side of things with his work in progress. Shawn walks him through how to break these blocks and continues looking at them through the Hero’s Journey 2.0 lens.

First Two Steps of the Heroic Journey 2.0

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Shawn starts walking through the Heroic Journey 2.0 infographic looking at how it can help you understand the story you are trying to tell.

Introducing the Heroic Journey 2.0

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As Tim is finishing up the first draft of his novel, Shawn starts introducing the ideas behind his new Hero’s Journey 2.0 models and how it will impact the editing of his manuscript.

The Story Grid Rule of 530

Story Grid

You’re here because you have a dream of telling a story that works. Story Grid gives you the tools to do just that. By studying the Story Grid methodology, you can save yourself years of practice and millions of words by grounding your craft in proven technique instead of trial and error. With Story Grid,… Read more »

Finishing the First Draft

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Tim is getting close to finishing his first draft and wants to talk with Shawn about what he can expect when it comes time to run it through the Story Grid methodology.

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Gone Girl – Middle Build 1

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Gone Girl – Beginning Hook

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Quadrant 3 of the Heroic Journey 2.0

Podcasts

Gone Girl – Editor’s Six Core Questions

Writers' Room Podcast

Crafting Your Story’s Shadow

Story Grid

World-Building in the Heroic Journey 2.0

Podcasts

First Two Steps of the Heroic Journey 2.0

Podcasts

Introducing the Heroic Journey 2.0

Podcasts

The Story Grid Rule of 530

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