Story Grid Writing Podcast

Getting the Protagonist Right: When and How to Switch the Main Character

Aug 4, 2022

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Is It Worth Fighting for Injustice When the System Seems to Be Corruption?

02:09

Is the Confrontation Making the Switch?

01:43

Are You Dealing With the Same Double Factor Problem?

02:12

Introduction

2min

The Beat Analysis, the Six 24 Analysis

2min

Line by Line Writing Training - The Most Powerful Training We've Ever One

3min

What's Your Controlling Idea?

3min

The Shift Isn't Coming Off

5min

What's the Point of a Confrontational Hand Off?

2min

The Hand Off of the Prosecutor

3min

Is the Confrontation Making the Switch?

2min

The Confrontation Is Important

2min

10.

How to Test a Homeless Cop

2min

11.

The Difference Between Reporting and Defining

2min

12.

'He Shot Me a Look'

6min

13.

The Difference Between Descripting and Reporting

4min

14.

Do You Want to Change the Nature of the Interaction?

3min

15.

The Man Frozen, Yohad, Long Time Ago.

3min

16.

Eye Witness

2min

17.

Is It Worth Fighting for Injustice When the System Seems to Be Corruption?

2min

18.

The Mac Bane Person

4min

19.

Watson and Randall - I Don't Need to Nest.

2min

20.

The Six 24 Analysis - Is There a Controlling Idea?

3min

21.

How to Write a Short Story in a Dramatic Environment

3min

22.

Are You Dealing With the Same Double Factor Problem?

2min

23.

The Double Factor Problem

2min

24.

What's Really Pulling at You to Tell the Story?

2min

25.

Is Every Avatar in the System Being Marginalized?

2min

26.

Why Did Struthers Show Up?

3min

27.

Are You Trying to Make Randall the Prosecutor?

2min

28.

The Crisis Trixat the Level of the at the Green Level

5min

29.

What's Next Step?

2min

30.

The Crisis Matrix for Randall

3min

31.

The Story Grid Podcast - Episode 5

2min

There are times in your story when you need to switch out the protagonist. This can even happen in the middle of a scene or short story.

But how do you do it the right way?

This week Shawn, Danielle, and Leslie look at Tim's draft to see how you can hand off the protagonist to a different character without confusion.

Click here to read Tim's scene: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T9K3Reuspp3oXJdBm_Aj8QLuUXv0Lcj7wPTG9SZKKGI/edit?usp=sharing

To see the transcript of this episode, visit: https://storygrid.com/episode-270

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Get a free copy of our book Story Grid 101: The First Five Principles of the Story Grid Methodology: https://storygrid101.com

This is Episode 270 of the Story Grid Podcast: https://storygrid.com/podcast

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Story Grid Writing Podcast

Getting the Protagonist Right: When and How to Switch the Main Character

Is It Worth Fighting for Injustice When the System Seems to Be Corruption?

Is the Confrontation Making the Switch?

Are You Dealing With the Same Double Factor Problem?

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