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In this week’s episode Tim and I talk about how to approach Storygridding 101… Where to begin your analysis of your favorite Stories. If you’re interested in using a masterwork as your guide…how exactly do you begin doing that? To listen, click the play button below, or read the transcript that follows. [0:00:00] TG: Hello… Read more »
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Stealing Versus Inspiration
Is using a masterwork as a structural template to inspire your work okay? This week’s podcast episode concerns the notion of when inspiration becomes stealing and vice versa. And what better Story-rule guru to lead off the discussion than Joseph Campbell? To listen, click the play button below, or read the transcript that follows. … Read more »
Read the Transcript >>Scene Work
This week’s Podcast episode concerns editing a scene after it “works.” Should you be satisfied with your first working story unit? Or should you go deeper and challenge yourself to explore unknown creative territory? To listen, click the play button below, or read the transcript that follows. [0:00:00] TG: Hello and welcome to the… Read more »
Read the Transcript >>Where do you get ideas?
Seriously, this is a question that inevitably comes up for anyone looking for writing advice. Tim and I knock it back and forth throughout this episode. The transcript is below and for those who wish to listen along, you can here: EPISODE 16 [INTRODUCTION] [0:00:01.0] TG: Hello and welcome to the Story Grid… Read more »
Read the Transcript >>Storygridding Nonfiction
How does the Story Grid work with nonfiction? The transcript, with neat new time signatures, from last week’s Story Grid Podcast reviews the big nonfiction genres and how Story principles improve all forms of nonfiction immeasurably. It’s below. And for those of you who’d like to listen again you can here: EPISODE 15 [INTRODUCTION]… Read more »
Read the Transcript >>Beginnings
What makes for a great beginning? How should you approach the hook? The transcript from last week’s Story Grid Podcast gets into the nitty gritty of it. And for those of you who’d like to listen again you can here: Shawn: Welcome to the Story Grid Podcast where we help you become a better writer… Read more »
Read the Transcript >>Units Big and Small
Like a complex organism which grows from an individual cell into an organ which with other organs comprise a system which along with other systems comprise an individual being, so does a long form Story break down into its constituent beats, scenes, sequences, acts, and subplots. For more on the units of Story, below is… Read more »
Read the Transcript >>If it’s not working…Try something else…
For those of you keeping score at home, you’ve probably noticed that the titles of our podcast episodes have changed/evolved over the last week or so. The reason being that Tim Grahl is a consummate marketer/tinkerer. He noticed that a few of the episodes weren’t getting the airplay they deserved so he decided to change… Read more »
Read the Transcript >>The Martian Carol
Here’s the transcript for episode eleven, “The Martian and A Christmas Carol” of The Story Grid Podcast. You can also listen to it by clicking the play button below. Tim: Hello, Merry Christmas, happy holidays. Welcome to the Story Grid Podcast. My name is Tim Grahl. I’m your host, and I am a struggling fiction… Read more »
Read the Transcript >>Change Requires Loss
I’m a Story nerd. Can’t help it. I’m always thinking about why Stories as so damn important and why some are immeasurably moving and helpful to us as we navigate this wonderful yet inscrutable world while others make us cringe in their utter cheesiness. What I’ve concluded is that Stories are the stuff of change. … Read more »
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