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

writer. My name is Anne Hawley, and I'm subbing in for Tim Graal, who's on a well-deserved vacation.

I'm a Story Grid certified editor, but I'm also an experienced novelist trying to ground my craft

more solidly in the story grid methods created by Sean

coin. Over the next 10 episodes of the show, Sean and I are going to put those methods to a very

specific test. First, we'll strip down a masterwork and analyze it in detail beat by beat. Then,

I'm going to try to write a brand new novella using

exactly the same beats but in a whole different setting and style. Will I wind up with an

innovative original story or a mere hackneyed copy? I guess we'll spend the summer finding out.

In this first episode of the series, Sean reveals the title

of the masterwork we will be using and lays out the experimental parameters that I will have to abide

by. So step into the writing lab with us, and let's get started. Good morning, Sean. Good morning, Ann.

What are we doing here?

Well, first off, I would just like to say thank you for agreeing to be a part of this experiment.

This is very much an experiment.

And as Seth Godin says, sometimes things just don't work out.

But I think it will.

I think it will. I think it will.

And let me just sort of give you my global conception of what I'd like to do here.

And you were chosen for a number of reasons, but you know, you're a pro.

You're a pro writer who wants to try something unique and fun and different.

So here's generally what the global concept of this next 10 episode series for Story Grid Podcast will be.

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