Shawn Coyne
1) Action Story
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Action Stories speak to ancient human desires. Readers want to experience heart-stopping fear and excitement and learn lessons of survival.
How can you write a story that satisfies those desires?
In Action Story: The Primal Genre, Story Grid founder Shawn Coyne takes you on a journey deep into the meaning of the genre. Coyne boils down insights gained through more than 25 years as an editor and writer to teach you Action Story's fundamental constraints...
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What Are Story Grid Beats?
We think about the story creation process (writing) as one big "problem."
You simply want to travel from where you are right now (without a story that works) to a place where your story takes on a life of its own. It works.
We submit to you that the practical way to unpack that very big problem is by breaking it into smaller, more easily solvable units.
Just as performers break down acting challenges into moment to moment...