Hamilton as Metaphor Scene Analysis

A year ago, in January 2020, Story Grid Publishing released its first title, appropriately titled The Story Grid Universe.  You can download and read it for free here.   The Story Grid Universe was the first title of seventeen we put into the collective cultural soup last year. Those titles reflect the Story Grid Guild and… Read more »

There has been a lot of talk around Story Grid lately about the Heroic Journey 2.0.  If you’ve missed out on the conversations, I recommend starting with Shawn’s explanation on the podcast, which you can find here, here, and here, and The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, a Story Grid  Masterwork Analysis Guide, which you can… Read more »

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 »

Today’s post zooms out thirty thousand feet to get fundamentally fundamental with this question: Where do stories come from?  Apologies in advance for the academically dense approach, but we have seen before the value that scholars like Norman Friedman, Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell bring to our understanding of story and the contributions they have… Read more »

Learning how to write dialogue is an essential part of telling stories that work. Dialogue is a character’s verbal and non-verbal expression of what they are thinking and feeling. It’s through dialogue that other characters get a glimpse into what’s going on in each other’s minds. It’s also used to reveal to the reader those… Read more »

The buzz is true: A great business story is the most powerful way to your audience.  A great business story with specific, vivid details grabs the attention of your reader-prospect and then, in a way that’s relatable and accessible, takes them on a journey of change that along the way engages, informs, and sways their… Read more »

DEFENSIVENESS In my life outside Story Grid, I work with companies to help build capabilities in people, particularly leaders. During the nineties, I discovered Chris Argyris, an eminent teacher in how to achieve functional organisations. One of his ideas has stuck with me ever since – the human capacity for defensiveness is normal, and we’re… Read more »