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Character Development: The Ultimate Writer’s Guide

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It’s no secret that readers love stories with great characters. But how do you craft a character that readers will love? The short answer? You need good character development. Now, you might be thinking… Ugh, does that mean I have to know every single detail about your characters down to their favorite color and childhood… Read more »

Worldbuilding in the Dystopian World

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In the last article I wrote for The Story Grid, I talked about the importance of worldbuilding belief structures and its importance in Fantasy and Science-Fiction literature. In this article, I am going to focus on worldbuilding in the Action Genre. Furthermore, I am going to focus on worldbuilding governments and dystopian literature. We will… Read more »

Story Structure: Using The Story Grid Tools

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Let’s take a step back from the Story Grid tools for a moment and ask “What are these tools good for in the first place?” What they’re good for is determining if you have a workable story structure, and fixing your story if you don’t. But before we can discuss how you can use Story… Read more »

Using the Story Grid Tools: Genre Part 2

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In my last post I gave an overview of what “Genre” means in the Story Grid Universe and the different Genre types. I also presented the nine External Genres. In this post, I’ll discuss the Internal Content Genres, “Friedman’s Framework” and the relationship between the two. The Internal Content Genres In The Story Grid: What… Read more »

Three simple tools that help you avoid writing cliches

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Story Grid aficionados find themselves in a predicament daily. The difficulty of being unique while abiding by the conventions and obligatory scenes in writing their masterpiece. Even Shawn recommends you to be novel, in the Story Grid book: “genre craft demands innovation. And that innovation is found in the way a writer handles audience expectations.”… Read more »

The Thriller in the Love Story

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Love stories are incredibly popular and can be found woven into a lot of different genres. They’re usually present in comedies, action stories–Bond girls anyone?– and much much more. But what about when love takes the driver’s seat? There are tons and tons of different kinds of love stories from the bittersweet endings to the… Read more »

Using The Story Grid Tools: Defining Genre

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Many things distinguish Story Grid from other models of writing and editing stories, but I’ll just mention two: it encourages (demands?) more precision and objectivity in analyzing a story; it provides a number of tools for you to use. A large number of tools. Whether you’re new to Story Grid or have been studying and… Read more »

Worldbuilding in the Story Grid Methodology

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Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about worldbuilding and the Story Grid Methodology. Oftentimes, I have been told by writers that you can’t use the Story Grid Methodology on Science Fiction and Fantasy books because these books are too complicated. While it may be easier to figure out the global genre for a Terry Pratchett… Read more »

What’s in a Villain?

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At Story Grid we spend a lot of time studying and analyzing story. We look at the hero’s journey and the heroine’s journey and the side characters that make up a facet of the main character. But what about the villain? What is a story without a really good antagonist? It can be a good… Read more »

Finding the Global Genre in Epic Fantasy Stories

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In my post on “The Long Night,” about an episode from the HBO series A Game of Thrones, a reader wondered how to apply the Story Grid Methodology to epic fantasy stories like A Game of Thrones, The Name of the Wind, and The Way of Kings. The suggestion is that the Story Grid seems to work in older and simpler… Read more »

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Fundamental Fridays

Character Development: The Ultimate Writer’s Guide

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Worldbuilding in the Dystopian World

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Story Structure: Using The Story Grid Tools

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Using the Story Grid Tools: Genre Part 2

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Three simple tools that help you avoid writing cliches

Fundamental Fridays

The Thriller in the Love Story

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Using The Story Grid Tools: Defining Genre

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Worldbuilding in the Story Grid Methodology

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What’s in a Villain?

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Finding the Global Genre in Epic Fantasy Stories

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