Story Grid Writing Podcast

Steven Pressfield joins and Shawn and Tim to discuss his new book THE ARTIST'S JOURNEY along with Tim's new book RUNNING DOWN A DREAM.

Tim's new book Running Down a Dream is coming out next week and he discusses with Shawn what is has been like to write the book. Running Down a Dream

A huge part that makes a scene work is the value shifts. They have to work in the scene, the global genre, the internal genre, etc. Shawn walks Tim through how to think about this with his Turning Point Scene of the Middle Build.

Shawn walks Tim through the problems with his turning point of the middle build scene (and how to fix them).

Shawn and Tim continue work through the 15 most important scenes of The Threshing. Shawn also dives into what is really driving this, and all, stories. Click here to download Tim's outline of his 15 most important scenes.

Tim did his homework by planning out the 15 most important scenes of his book. Shawn starts working through them with him.

Courtney is a Story Grid Certified Editor and is stuck on her book! She reached out to Shawn for help so they jumped on the phone to go over her book and how she can make progress.

Shawn walks Tim through the 15 most important scenes he has to figure out for his novel.

Tim is struggling with stepping back into his fiction book now that he's taken a few months off to finish his non-fiction book. Shawn walks him through how to do it. Plus, a special announcement! Click here to see more information on the Level Up Your Craft Summer Semester.

Now that Shawn has gone through the manuscript of Tim's book, what does he think? What's his feedback? What should he do next?