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Editor Roundtable: Inception

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This week we’re going deep into the dream world with Anne’s pitch, Inception, as a great example of nested storytelling. This 2010 science fiction heist film, nominated for 8 Academy Awards—four of which it won—was written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Now, we always try to discuss our movie in a way that lets… Read more »

Secrets of the Thriller Genre, Part Two; How to distinguish the Thriller from the Horror and Crime Genres

Fundamental Fridays, Story Grid

In Part One of this article, we examined the fundamentals of the Thriller Genre and compared and contrasted it with certain aspects of the Horror and Crime Genres. Here, in Part Two, I’ll go deeper with those comparisons and demonstrate the differing obligatory scenes and conventions of all three of these closely related genres. Since… Read more »

Editor Roundtable: Jane Eyre

Editor Roundtable Podcast, Story Grid

This week, Kim pitched Jane Eyre as a great example of Framing Story Narrative Device. This 2011 adaptation of the 1847 gothic romance novel by Charlotte Brontë was directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga from a screenplay by Moira Buffini. The Story Beginning Hook – Jane Eyre runs away from a great house, on foot… Read more »

Secrets of the Thriller Genre, Part One

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Are you writing a Thriller; a story in which the protagonist is negotiating a complex world, struggling at the limits of human experience, and triumphing (usually) over seemingly overwhelming forces of antagonism? Maybe you’re confused about the difference between a Thriller story and a Crime, Action, or Horror story. Want to know if you’ve hit… Read more »

Editor Roundtable: Get Out

Editor Roundtable Podcast, Story Grid

This week, Valerie pitched Get Out as a great example of Narrative Drive. This 2017 horror film was directed by Jordan Peele from a screenplay by Jordan Peele of Key & Peele fame. The Story Genre: Horror > Uncanny Beginning Hook – When Chris goes to visit his girlfriend’s parents’ house for the weekend,… Read more »

Five Story Grid Lessons Learned from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Fundamental Fridays, Story Grid

The Case for Analyzing Masterworks, Part I How to use Story Grid and your favorite books to create a book your reader can’t put down About a year ago, the gods smiled on me, and I became a member of the very first cohort of certified Story Grid editors. After an intense week of training… Read more »

Editor Roundtable: The Wizard of Oz

Editor Roundtable Podcast, Story Grid

This week, Leslie pitched The Wizard of Oz as a great example of extended metaphor and symbolism in a story. This 1939 perennial classic was primarily directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, which… Read more »

Editor Roundtable: Rudy

Editor Roundtable Podcast, Story Grid

This week, Jarie pitched Rudy as a great example of how to tell a true life story. This 1993 film starring Sean Astin and Ned Beatty was directed by David Anspaugh from a screenplay by Angelo Pizzo (creator of Hoosiers) based on the life of Daniel Eugene “Rudy” Ruettiger, a walk on to the… Read more »

Secrets of the Action Genre

Fundamental Fridays, Story Grid

Do you want to write a Hollywood mega-blockbuster or novel thriving on excitement and action? Does the idea of a creating a story with high speed chases, last-second escapes, feverish plans, and desperate circumstances riding on life and death stakes rouse your imagination? Then come with me on a journey into learning about the many… Read more »

Editor Roundtable: Black Panther

Editor Roundtable Podcast, Story Grid

This week, Anne pitched Black Panther as a great example of a genre in disguise. Last week we considered whether About Time was really an internal genre story—Worldview—marketed as an external-genre story, a love story. With Black Panther, we may have a case of one external genre, the Society political drama, masquerading as another,… Read more »

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Editor Roundtable: Inception

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Secrets of the Thriller Genre, Part Two; How to distinguish the Thriller from the Horror and Crime Genres

Fundamental Fridays, Story Grid

Editor Roundtable: Jane Eyre

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Secrets of the Thriller Genre, Part One

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Editor Roundtable: Get Out

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Five Story Grid Lessons Learned from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

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Editor Roundtable: The Wizard of Oz

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Editor Roundtable: Rudy

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Secrets of the Action Genre

Fundamental Fridays, Story Grid

Editor Roundtable: Black Panther

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