Hello and welcome to the 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 the creator of Story Grid, the author of the

book Story Grid and an editor with over 25 years

experience. In this episode, we start setting a real goal of finally finishing and publishing

this novel. I'm ready to get moving on it, and I'm in this in-between space after finishing

the second draft and looking to work on the third draft.

And so we've been evaluating the draft.

And so Sean and I talk through a plan on how to push towards the finish line on this novel,

talk about some common missteps and potholes.

I'm probably going to hit along the way. And then we dive

into some specific stuff about the hero's journey, the moments, and especially the archetypes of

characters. So for all of us that have tried to actually finish a project, I think this is a really

good episode. And then, of course, we dive into the hero's journey stuff, which I think we all can always work a little bit more on. So it's a good episode. And then, of course, we dive into the Heroes Journey stuff, which I think

we all can always work a little bit more on. So it's a great episode. I hope you enjoy it. Let's

jump in and get started. So, Sean, we are starting out the new year, and it's been a few weeks

since we talked. I got deathly, like, I haven't been that sick in

probably a decade. It was just one of those. I went to bed one night, woke up at 2 a.m.

And the demon had entered my body. It was bad. So anyway, thanks to Valerie for stepping in for

me. And then we had the holidays, but I was working

on the homework you gave me of the scene classifications, and then I started working on

the hero's journey kind of analysis of my story, and then I want to finish this thing.

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