Story Grid 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?

Now that Shawn has read Tim's manuscript, he's handing down the verdict. Is it ready for primetime?

Tim has finally finished the manuscript for Running Down a Dream. What's next?

Shawn takes listener questions and covers miniplot, how to hire and work with an editor, and deep dives into the differences between genres.

How do you write great non-fiction? Shawn continues to walk Tim through the telling of his story.

Ryan Holiday is the author of eight bestselling books and is quickly becoming one of the most prolific writers of our time. In this interview, Ryan shares his processes for writing and editing his books. Click here to see more about Ryan Holiday. Three of my favorite articles by Ryan on writing: The Notecard System: The Key For Remembering, Organizing And Using Everything You Read How And Why To Keep A “Commonplace Book” How I Did Research For 3 New York Times Bestselling Authors (In My Spare Time)

Tim continues to work towards telling the Truth in his writing while Shawn gives guidance on what to do next. Click here to download Tim's draft.

What does it mean to tell your truth? Tim and Shawn discuss this along with the rewrite of his introduction. Read the rewrite of Tim's introduction.

Shawn continues to push Tim to find the true "why" behind his non-fiction book. Download Tim's intro and first set of chapters from Running Down a Dream.

Tim finally makes it to the middle of the middle build and gets Shawn feedback on what to do next.

If you've struggled with building a believable, cohesive world for your novel, then this is the episode for you. Also, Tim's goes on a rant about the show Altered Carbon.