The Story Grid 101

By: Shawn Coyne

The Story Grid 101 is one of the Story Grid Beats. I’d recommend reading all of them.

Get all the Story Grid Beats. Read all the Story Grid Beats.

If you want to level up your craft as a writer, this is the way to go.

Also, these then become a great source of reference when you are stuck with your writing (or doing your weekly Story Grid Guild worksheet).

I’d recommend bookmarking the pages that have concepts, or tools that you’d likely revisit to make it easier to consult these books.

Flow: 5/5
Actionability: 5/5
Mindset: 5/5

Some of My Highlights:

“Story Grid is inspired by classical approaches to philosophy, science, and art, including Aristotle’s concept of archai, or ‘first principles.’ First principles are where knowledge starts.”

“A beat is defined by an identifiable change in behavior.”

“The next unit of story is the scene. This micro unit is the key to every story that works.”

“Sequences are about critical moments that we sum up in phrases such as ‘catching the killer,’ ‘practicing for the big performance,’ or ‘courting the princess.'”

“We need to move back and forth so we can see our stories in all their complexity – and tackle the problems one at a time.”