Creating Better Stories
Using the Story Grid methodology, the 5 Commandments of Storytelling, and applying them to current television shows.
Posted on December 2, 2019 by Randy
Stranded on the moon, PTSD setting in, and decisions that can ruin careers and get people killed. Does the story work? Find out! The Story Grid knows!
Category: 5 Commandment Episodes, 5 commandments, 6 core questions, Authors, Blog, For All Mankind, Screenwriters, Story Grid, television, tv series, WritersTags: astronaut, base, lunar, NASA, ptsd, race, russia, space, stranded
Posted on November 30, 2019 by Randy
Explosion on the launchpad, 3 astronauts stranded on the moon. Is it Russian sabotage or equipment failure?
And more importantly, does the story work? Find Out! The Story Grid Knows!!
Category: 5 Commandment Episodes, 5 commandments, 6 core questions, Authors, For All Mankind, Screenwriters, Story Grid, television, tv series, WritersTags: apollo, landing, manhattan, moon, NASA, race, space, station
Posted on November 25, 2019 by Randy
Does the story work in For All Mankind Episode 5? Find out! The Story Grid knows!!
Category: 5 commandments, 6 core questions, Authors, For All Mankind, Screenwriters, Story Grid, television, tv series, WritersTags: Astronauts, female, moon, NASA, woman, women
Posted on November 25, 2019 by Randy
Does For All Mankind Episode 4 work? Find out! The Story Grid Knows!!
Posted on November 24, 2019 by Randy
For All Mankind Episode 3, does the story work? The Story Grid knows!!!
Posted on November 23, 2019 by Randy
For All Mankind episode 2 – The Race for the Base, Van Braun on trail for his Nazi past, and the Russians beat the US again!! Does the story work? Find out! The Story Grid knows!!
Category: 5 commandments, 6 core questions, Authors, Blog, For All Mankind, Screenwriters, Story Grid, television, tv series, WritersTags: Astronauts, buzz aldrin, NASA, neil armstrong, Saturn V, Wernher Von Braun
Posted on November 15, 2019 by Randy
Episode 2 of Jack Ryan Season 2 – Does the Story Work. Find out! The Story Grid knows!!
Posted on November 13, 2019 by Randy
Does the Story Work for Hanna?
The Story Grid knows!!
Posted on November 10, 2019 by Randy
An alternate timeline where the United States is losing the Space Race. Will the Story Work? The Story Grid Knows!!
Category: 5 Commandment Episodes, 5 commandments, 6 core questions, Authors, Blog, For All Mankind, Screenwriters, Story Grid, television, tv series, WritersTags: 1969, Astronauts, Space Race
Posted on November 8, 2019 by Randy
See if Jack Ryan Season 2 Ep1 works. How could it have been written better? The Story Grid knows!!
Category: 5 Commandment Episodes, 5 commandments, 6 core questions, Jack Ryan S2, Story GridTags: John Krasinski, Tom Clancy
Hi, my name is Randy Surles and I edit Thrillers and Action novels. I specialize in Fantasy, Science Fiction, and anything with a military flavor to it.