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 the creator of Story Grid, the author of

the book Story Grid and an editor with over 25 years experience.

In this episode, we continue working through the first draft and looking at what it takes

to move from a first draft to a second draft. So I've never done this before, and it's been a really

interesting process. I don't know what I was picturing, but it was not this. So it's been a really interesting process. I don't know what I was picturing,

but it was not this. So it's been really fun to work with Sean through this. And I feel like

this is where Story Grid really shines because it gives you this systematic way to move beyond

your first draft. Right. So anybody can just bang out a first draft of something.

It's, you know, how do you get that first draft to something that's actually working and you're

ready to publish? And so I'm excited to be diving into this part of the process. And I think

you're really going to enjoy this episode and especially the episodes

that are coming as we continue to take this first draft and turn it into something that's

working. So let's dive in and get started. So Sean, I started working through the spreadsheet

and have been surprised at what a slog it is to get through this.

I kept thinking, like, I'm going to sit down and, like, bang out, you know, 10 scenes.

And an hour later, I've got, like, four scenes that I've worked through.

And so I'm through.

I'm going to put the link to the spreadsheet in the show

notes because it's on the Google Drive thing. And so what I did is I got the spreadsheet

on one tab and the to-do list on another tab and I'm through scene 25 and I have 66

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