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:
“In narrative nonfiction, the story is the star.”
“Narrative nonfiction uses the fiction writer’s toolbox to tell a story about historical or contemporary events.”
“The ultimate point of a Big Idea book is to help your readers think in a new way about a specific problem or phenomenon and to spread that new way of thinking to others.”
“Participatory knowledge requires a community of people coming together to consider a proposition or propositions, and then all committing themselves to put the propositions into practice.”
“Rather Big Idea books represent a category that teaches us how to pursue truth.”
“Big Idea nonfiction is fundamentally about exploration and revelation – the creation of new knowledge in the process of cultivating wisdom.”
“Big Idea authors often reveal quite a lot about themselves because we need to get to know the protagonist.”
“As an author, you should think about what specific foe you have to defeat to finish your journey toward wisdom.”
“Every memorable story you share helps the readers later recall and discuss your Big Idea, creating the participatory knowledge discussed in chapter 5.”