Hello and welcome to this Storygrid podcast. This is a show dedicated to helping you become a better

writer. I'm your host Tim Graal and I am a struggling writer trying to figure out how to tell a story

that works. Joining me shortly is Sean Coyne. He is a creator of Story Grid, the author of the book

Story Grid and an editor with over 25 years experience.

In this episode, we're continuing to dive back into some of the fundamental core ideas

that we talk a lot about on the show in different pieces,

but I think it's helpful to go and explicitly talk about these.

So last week was the five commandments of storytelling. And this week,

we start talking through the editor's six core questions. So it's really helpful. I'm learning a lot

as we stop and go back through these fundamental ideas. And so I think you're going to enjoy it as

well. So let's jump in and get started. So, Sean, we're continuing to kind

of go back through these fundamental story grid things. I don't know about everybody else, but

last week talking through the five story grid commandments was really helpful. And it's one of

these things where like, like I said, I knew them,

but then like I've been working on them for a while. So going back and specifically talking

about them was really helpful because I feel like each time I understand them more and more

and more. And so today I wanted to talk about the editor's six core questions.

So I'm just going to run through them really quick.

So, and these are in the Storygrid book.

If you have the print edition, what page is it?

Would you say 12?

No, 112.

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