Mentoring Authors One Scene at a Time
Posted on November 30, 2019 by Randy
Everything you wanted to know about writing about a soldier’s uniform
Category: Authors, Blog, Screenwriters, television, tv series, Writers, Writing Military Scenes, Writing SoldiersTags: acus, bdus, berets, camouflage, combat, desert, military, ocps, og-107, patches, tabs, uniforms
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 28, 2019 by Randy
Episode 3 of Killing Eve, the beginning of the Middle Build, Does the Story work? Let’s find out! the Story Grid Knows!!
Posted on November 25, 2019 by Randy
Need help writing accurate military scenes or soldier characters? You’ve come to the right place.
Category: Authors, Screenwriters, Writers, Writing SoldiersTags: afghan war, fiction, hummer, Lee Childs, soldiers
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 21, 2019 by Randy
3 editors discussing the beginning hook of killing eve. Does the Story Work? The Story Grid knows!!
Category: 5 commandments, Authors, Blog, Screenwriters, Story Grid, Story Grid Showrunners Podcast, television, tv series, WritersTags: jamie comer, Killing Eve, Luke Jenning, Sandra Oh, villanelle
Posted on November 15, 2019 by Randy
Episode 2 of Jack Ryan Season 2 – Does the Story Work. Find out! The Story Grid knows!!
Afghanistan 2002.
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