Story Grid Editors Roundtable

Jarie Bolander, Valerie Francis, Anne Hawley, Kim Kessler, and Leslie Watts

This is a show dedicated to helping you become a better writer. Each week Story Grid Editors Jarie Bolander, Valerie Francis, Anne Hawley, Kim Kessler, and Leslie Watts analyze a film from one of the 12 Story Grid content genres and discuss it using the Editor’s Six Core Questions as developed by Shawn Coyne or through the lens of another story principle.

  • 56 minutes 39 seconds
    A Wizard of Earthsea - Global Story

    Get a bird’s-eye view of A Wizard of Earthsea while Leslie and Valerie offer a macro analysis of this fantasy origin story using Story Grid’s Editor’s Six Core Question. The 1968 story was written by Ursula K. Le Guin.

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    2 June 2021, 8:00 am
  • 7 minutes 8 seconds
    Season Three Preview

    This season on the Story Grid Writers’ Room podcast, Leslie and Valerie are doing a full Story Grid macro analysis of A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. We'll review the Editor’s Six Core Questions and look at each of the acts in detail.

    The Story Grid Writer’s Room is a show dedicated to offering a practical approach to the Story Grid method so you can put it to work. Valerie and Leslie analyze stories and scenes to help you understand how to apply Story Grid tools to masterworks and your own story.

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    20 January 2021, 9:00 am
  • 43 minutes 21 seconds
    Gone Girl - Key Takeaways

    Stay tuned to discover the final takeaways from Valerie and Leslie’s  deep study of Gillian Flynn’s 2012 novel, Gone Girl. Find out what they’ve learned from applying Story Grid’s Editor’s Six Core Questions and breaking down each quadrant of this compelling Psychological Thriller. 

    The Story Grid Writer’s Room is a show dedicated to offering a practical approach to the Story Grid method so you can put it to work. This season Valerie and Leslie will spend six episodes analyzing Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn to help you understand how to apply Story Grid’s macro tools to masterworks and your own story.

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    13 January 2021, 9:00 am
  • 37 minutes 51 seconds
    Gone Girl - Ending Payoff

    Wonder how to deliver a powerful and satisfying finish to your story? On the Story Grid Writer’s Room podcast this week, Valerie and Leslie analyze the ending payoff of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl to unpack what makes this story work so well. 

    The Story Grid Writer’s Room is a show dedicated to offering a practical approach to the Story Grid method so you can put it to work. This season Valerie and Leslie take six episodes to analyze Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn to help you understand how to apply Story Grid’s macro tools to masterworks and your own story.

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    6 January 2021, 9:00 am
  • 45 minutes 52 seconds
    Gone Girl - Middle Build Two

    Feeling stuck in the middle of your story? On the Story Grid Writer’s Room podcast this week, Valerie and Leslie analyze the middle build 2 quadrant of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl to unpack what makes this story work so well.

    The Story Grid Writer’s Room is a show dedicated to offering a practical approach to the Story Grid method so you can put it to work. This season Valerie and Leslie take six episodes to analyze Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn to help you understand how to apply Story Grid’s macro tools to masterworks and your own story.

    Click here for the full show notes.

    30 December 2020, 9:00 am
  • 39 minutes 12 seconds
    Gone Girl - Middle Build 1

    How can you keep readers turning pages through the middle build of your story? On the Story Grid Writer’s Room podcast this week, Valerie and Leslie find out by analyzing the middle build 1 quadrant of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl

    The Story Grid Writer’s Room is a show dedicated to offering a practical approach to the Story Grid method so you can put it to work. This season Valerie and Leslie will spend six episodes analyzing Gone Girl to help you understand how to apply Story Grid’s macro tools to masterworks and your own story.

    Click here for the full show notes.

    23 December 2020, 9:00 am
  • 53 minutes 4 seconds
    Gone Girl - The Beginning Hook

    What makes the opening of Gillian Flynn’s 2012 Psychological Thriller, Gone Girl, so compelling? On the Story Grid Writer’s Room podcast this week, Valerie and Leslie analyze the beginning hook to find out.

    The Story Grid Writer’s Room is a show dedicated to offering a practical approach to the Story Grid method so you can put it to work. This season Valerie and Leslie will spend six episodes analyzing Gone Girl to help you understand how to apply Story Grid’s macro tools to masterworks and your own story.

    Click here for the full show notes.

    16 December 2020, 9:00 am
  • 53 minutes 39 seconds
    Gone Girl - Editor's Six Core Questions Analysis

    Follow the clues this week to uncover the genius behind Gillian Flynn’s 2012 Psychological Thriller, Gone Girl. Valerie and Leslie analyze the macro story by applying Story Grid's Editor’s Six Core Questions. They identify the global genre, the conventions and obligatory moments of the genre, point of view and narrative device, objects of desire, the controlling idea, and the beginning hook, middle, build, and ending payoff.

    The Story Grid Writer’s Room is a show dedicated to offering a practical approach to the Story Grid method so you can put it to work. This season Valerie and Leslie will spend six episodes analyzing Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn to help you understand how to apply Story Grid’s macro tools to masterworks and your own story.

    Click here for the full show notes.

     

    9 December 2020, 9:00 am
  • 42 minutes 48 seconds
    Roundtable Reissue - Gone Girl E6CQA

    Ever since the Story Grid Editor Roundtable started three years ago, we've been asked to apply the Story Grid method to a novel. Well, this is it! This season we're doing a full Story Grid macro analysis of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. We'll review the Editor’s Six Core Questions in the first episode. Haven't read it yet? Grab a copy of the novel now and follow along with us on December 9, 2020, when we'll post the first episode of the new season.

    To whet your appetite, we’re sharing our Story Grid Editor Roundtable analysis of the 2014 film adaptation.

    Click here for the full show notes of this "Roundtable Reissue" episode.

     

    18 November 2020, 9:00 am
  • 7 minutes 53 seconds
    Season Two Preview

    Ever since the Story Grid Editor Roundtable podcast started three years ago, we've been asked to apply the Story Grid method to a novel. Well, this is it! This season we're doing a full Story Grid macro analysis of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. We'll review the Editor’s Six Core Questions and look at each of the acts in detail.

    Click here for the full show notes.

    4 November 2020, 9:00 am
  • 39 minutes 19 seconds
    Season One Wrap-Up

    It’s a wrap! In this episode, Valerie and Leslie close out the first season of the Story Grid Writer’s Room Podcast with a review of takeaways and lessons learned.

    This season we're analyzing scenes from novels, short stories and films because scenes are the basic building blocks of story. To be able to write a story that works, you must be able to write a scene that works.

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    28 October 2020, 8:00 am
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