Story Grid Writing Podcast

Beat Breakdown: Analyzing Writing Line-by-Line - Part 1

May 26, 2022

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On the Surface, Is It Cambra Shifting?

03:16

Is Enlivening to Sam, or Depleting to Sam?

02:12

What Is a Transition Beat?

03:46

Introduction

4min

The First Beats of Eye Witness

4min

Is Enlivening to Sam, or Depleting to Sam?

2min

Anxiety - What's the Limitation of the Next Beat?

6min

What Are the Three Global Categories of Binding Beats?

4min

What Is a Transition Beat?

4min

On the Surface, Is It Cambra Shifting?

3min

How to Make the Experience for Sam Fluid and Lifelike

1min

Grat's Camera Shifting

5min

10.

Enlivening and Depleting

3min

11.

A Little Shock to the System for Sam Le Audience Member

6min

12.

The Protagonist of a Short Story

2min

13.

The Story Grid - How to Define the Truthfulness of the Alternate World

6min

14.

Embedded Qualification

3min

15.

Enlivening

6min

16.

Is It Good to Fall in Love?

4min

Now that we have finished up the Story Grid 624 Analysis of Ed McBain's EYE WITNESS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WLiCyxIsCk), it's time to dive all the way down to the line-by-line writing.

In this episode, Danielle begins walking Tim through every single line of the short story to help him identify the beats and what they are doing.

This is a perfect episode for the story nerds!

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