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 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, Sean and I talk about a lot of the common myths inside of publishing

and the truth that lives on the other side of that.

So we both have a unique perspective on how publishing works

and a lot of times the lies that are put out into the world.

And so I've been wanting to do this episode so that we could dive into some of those myths

and talk about what's really going on behind the scenes.

So I think you'll enjoy it.

So let's jump in and get started.

So, Sean, the topic I wanted to talk about last week to avoid the thing we

ended up talking about, I want to actually address this week. You know, we were talking when we were

together a couple weeks ago about the only word I can use for it is the lies out there.

I think there's both explicit and implicit lies out there about different things around

writing and publishing.

And so I thought that it would be good for us to talk some about it here.

I think about this a lot when it comes to this whole publishing landscape of both what it takes to become a good

writer, what it means to be a good writer, what it means to have recognition of writing,

what it means to get your, you know, get published or get your writing out there. And there's

all kinds of misconceptions.

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