Hello and welcome to the Storygrid podcast. This is a show dedicated to helping you level up your craft as a writer.

My name is Tim Graal and I'm a writer in the behind-the-scenes guy here at Storygrid. The podcast episode is

hosted by StoryGrid certified editor Kimberly Kessler alongside Sean Coyne, the founder of StoryGrid and an editor with over 30 years

of experience. In this episode, they are continuing their discussion of the StoryGrid Trinity

by talking about how on the surface relates to the external genres. Before we jump in, I want to

mention two things you might be interested in. First, since it's

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In this masterwork guide to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,

Story Grid editor and novelist Meyer Rushing Walker leads us deep into the heart of the story,

demonstrating how Shelley blends essential elements of the horror and morality genres into a spectacular and chilling effect.

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Lastly, the next Storygrid certified editor training is coming up this February.

Editor certification has many benefits, including

free access to all Storygrid trainings and workshops. You can see all of the details as

storygrid.com slash certification. Okay, that's all on the announcements. So let me turn it over to Kim

and Sean. Hi, Sean. So we're back again. I just really wanted to say that I

appreciate you diving into these, to the internal genres with me and talking through these things.

And I appreciate you being a good sport about me dropping this stuff on you without giving you a

heads up. And I love that you're able to tap into all of your

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