Story Grid Writing Podcast

Two Factor Problems: The Must-Have for Writing Captivating Stories

Jul 21, 2022

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You're Going Down a Metaphysical Wormhole

04:59

Is the Prosecutor a Fish Out of Water?

01:47

Is This a Problem for Iterating the Pattern?

01:33

Introduction

2min

The Story Grid Tool and Technique

6min

The First Error Message - Where Did Tim Di Diverge From Ed McBayes Protocol?

2min

The Proposition of Possibilities in the Ed McBain Story

2min

Why Is Randall So Afraid to Come Forward?

2min

Is There a Bias in the System?

2min

The Transparency to a Pacity Shift

2min

Is the Prosecutor a Fish Out of Water?

2min

Is This a Problem for Iterating the Pattern?

2min

10.

What Is Inciting the Protagonist?

2min

11.

Was the Captain the Murderer?

2min

12.

The Protagonist Goal State in the in the Pop

2min

13.

The Inciting Incident of This?

2min

14.

The Eye Witness Walking in Is the Inciting Incident, and That's as It's Written

2min

15.

How to Write a Short Story That Feels Wrapped Up

3min

16.

The Implications of Switching Out the Protagonist

2min

17.

Do You Have Any Differences in Your Story?

2min

18.

Watson, I'm a Young Officer, but I'm Trying to Figure Out What to Do

2min

19.

Is Sam a Potential Victim?

3min

20.

How Do I Tell a Story From the Point of View of a Victim?

2min

21.

You're Going Down a Metaphysical Wormhole

5min

22.

Getting Lined Up Is So Important

2min

23.

The Flip Flops of Dilemma

3min

24.

Randall Needs to Have a Victim

5min

25.

The Real Reason That a Struthers Is There Is Because He's the One That Calls the Death of the Lt.

2min

26.

Are We Cool?

2min

27.

Choosing a Protagonist That's Not Directly Aligned Will Affect Your Story

2min

28.

What I'm Seeing Is a Gaping Whole Problem in the Story Right Now

3min

29.

The Invisible Fear Guorillas

2min

30.

How to Write a Master Work

4min

Great stories always answer two-factor problems.

In this episode we see how Tim's mistake of choosing the wrong protagonist messes up the two factor problem. Shawn, Danielle, and Leslie help him sort out how to fix this problem.

Click here to read Tim's scene: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yNGyDX5dkbchjT6UcrixUNv_2PI_WT7GrZn04H0nIh0/edit

To see the transcript of this episode, visit: https://storygrid.com/episode-269

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