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 a creator of Story Grid, the author of the book Story Grid, and an editor with over 25 years experience.

This coming February, Sean and I are doing

another Story Grid certified editor training. And I've been getting some stuff ready behind the scenes

and I'll tell you more about it at the end of the episode. But it just got me thinking about

the origin of Story Grid, how Sean developed it, and how it's really

changing the way editing is done inside a publishing. And it got me thinking about what it's meant for me

to have an editor to work with so closely. So it's a really fun episode where Sean explains

where story grid came from, how he used it to work with authors

early on, and then what is becoming inside of the publishing world. So it's a really fun

episode. Let's jump in and get started. So Sean, as I'm working through the spreadsheet of the

threshing of the second draft after last week's

amazing episode. I thought it would be good to talk a little bit. I was thinking about what to

talk about this week and then I was thinking about the subtitle of the book StoryGrid,

what good editors know. And so I remember, you know, story grid is this set of

tools that you can use for all kinds of things, you know, planning your book, editing your book,

and everything in between. But originally, you developed it to make yourself a better editor.

So I just wanted to talk a little bit about the editor side of things and a little bit about

how story grid changes an editor's viewpoint.

So when we think about normal editing, whether you're hiring a freelance editor,

whether you're getting an editor at a publishing house,

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