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 soon is Sean Coyne. He is an editor with over 25 years experience and he is the creator of story grid the author of the book

story grid and he is helping me to plan out and write my first novel in this episode we are

finishing up the outline and the preparation so that i can begin writing the second draft of my novel

if you've been following along you know this has been a long road,

and we're hoping to get me to a point where I can actually sit down and start writing.

This is also the last episode where we're going to be talking about editing for a while,

because we're doing a couple special segments.

So first off, for the next two weeks, we're going to do a series with Stephen Presfield. He's the author of the book, The War of Art,

and he's got a brand new book coming out, and I'm really excited about it, and I think you're

going to like it. And Sean and I spend a couple weeks talking through his new book

and resistance in how you can get your writing done. It's a really great set of episodes that I

know you're going to enjoy. And after that, we're doing a three-part series called Publishing 101,

where Sean and I are going to walk you through the publishing ends and outs of how to get an agent,

how to get a book deal, how to work with an editor, and all the ins and outs of publishing your book.

It's a really great series that you're going to learn a lot from.

And if you're hoping to one day publish a book, then you're going to want to listen

to that series. So for the next five weeks, we have some really cool episodes coming up that

you're not going to want to miss. But for now, we're going to jump in and get started in this

final episode trying to get me to a point where I can start working on my second draft. So let's

get started. So Sean, before we take our little

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