Hello and welcome to the Story Grid 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 as 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 go over in detail how to use the Story Grid spreadsheet to analyze

your novel.

This is what I'm in the middle of with my second draft.

And so Sean and I went through it and talked about the different columns in your spreadsheet

and we went over some specific questions I had on making sure I'm through it and talked about the different columns in your spreadsheet, and we went over some

specific questions I had on making sure I'm filling it outright. So, you know, this next series,

as we look at my second draft, I think is going to be really helpful as you get a chance to see

this story grid tools in use. And so we're going to be getting really nerdy as we dive into them.

So if you enjoy the nerdy part of Story Grid, which I'm sure is most of you out there,

then you're really going to enjoy this episodes and the ones to come.

So let's jump in and get started.

So, Sean, I'm a little over halfway through spreadsheeting my second draft,

and I've been trying to fill out the full scab as I do that as well. And it's interesting

going back through. What one is, this is like hard work.

I don't know, you know, because one of the things we talked about at some point was just the value shifts, you know, getting, you know, this to this, right?

So, you know, danger to safety or those kind of things, that third or fourth column.

Actually, why don't we start first so people know what we're talking about? Like, can just talk a little bit about what the spreadsheet is, what it's for, and maybe

describe the first few columns.

And then I have some questions as I've been working through it.

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