Continuing the discussion on the Story Grid Trinity, Shawn Coyne and Kimberly Kessler discuss the On-the-Surface level of the trinity and how the relates to external genres.

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Does On-the-Surface mean External Genre?

Shawn and Kim discuss The Bell Jar and where it sits in the Story Grid landscape. Use the coupon code "podcast" to get 20% off all the Story Grid titles at storygrid.com/books

What is happening with The Bell Jar?

Shawn Coyne and Kimberly Kessler discuss the Story Grid Trinity and how this works with internal genres. Also checkout the Story Grid Masterwork Guide to Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda at storygrid.com/books and get 20% off with the coupon "podcast".

How does the Story Grid Trinity apply to Global Internal Genres?

A listener asks a bold question: Can the Story Grid tools and methodology make the Masterworks we read and love better? Shawn has a great answer for this week's question.

Can Story Grid improve on Masterworks?

At Story Grid, we spend a lot of time studying and analyzing Masterworks, but how do you know when a book is a Masterwork? Shawn addresses this question in this week's episode.

What defines a Masterwork?

This week's listener question is, "How do you Write Dialogue when you are an introvert?". Shawn answers this question and gives recommendations for next steps for writers.

How to Write Dialogue (for Introverts)

How does the Story Grid Trinity apply to Big Idea, How-to, Narrative nonfiction, and Memoir? Shawn dives into this question on this week's episode.

Story Grid Trinity for Nonfiction

We left all of you hanging back in December with the Heroic Journey 2.0 series, so we decided to correct our error. This week Shawn finishes up our series on the Heroic Journey 2.0 by diving into the Quadrant 4.

Quadrant 4 of the Heroic Journey 2.0

Shawn continues the explanation of the Story Grid Trinity with a discussion of the third and final part — Beyond the Surface.

Story Grid Trinity - Beyond the Surface

Shawn and Tim discuss the second part of the Story Grid Trinity - Above the Surface.

Story Grid Trinity - Above the Surface

Shawn Coyne dives into the Story Grid Trinity and discusses the first, most essential part of the trinity - On the Surface.

Story Grid Trinity - On the Surface

Shawn introduces the foundation of all stories - the Story Grid Trinity.

Story Grid Trinity

Tim has finished his manuscript! Shawn gives him the next steps and then they continue discussing the Hero’s Journey 2.0.

Quadrant 3 of the Hero's Journey 2.0

Tim is getting pretty stuck on the worldbuilding side of things with his work in progress. Shawn walks him through how to break these blocks and continues looking at them through the Hero’s Journey 2.0 lens.

Worldbuilding in Hero's Journey 2.0

Shawn starts walking through the Heroic Journey 2.0 infographic looking at how it can help you understand the story you are trying to tell. Click here to view the infographic referenced in this episode.https://www.dropbox.com/s/axjngf5r8w6ivcx/Heroic%20Journey%20Macro%20Infographic-01-1.png?dl=0 

First Two Steps in the Hero's Journey 2.0

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