Creating Better Stories
Posted on December 5, 2019 by Randy
Episode 4 of Killing Eve – assassins turning on each other, last minute escapes, moles found, and a funeral. Does the story work? Find out – The Story Grid knows!!
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
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 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 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 2, 2019 by Randy
The Showrunners examine Killing Eve Episode 1 to determine if the story works.
Posted on October 31, 2019 by Randy
Hanna Episode 7 – Does the Story work? Let’s find out. The Story Grid knows!!!
Category: 5 Commandment Episodes, 6 core questions, Blog, Hanna Season 1
Posted on October 31, 2019 by Randy
Does the story in Treadstone Work? Come find out. The Story Grid knows!!
Category: 5 Commandment Episodes, 6 core questions, Blog, Story Grid, Treadstone
Posted on October 23, 2019 by Randy
Analyzing Episode 6 of the Hanna television series using the Story Grid Methodology. Does the Story Work? The Story Grid Knows!!
Category: 5 Commandment Episodes, 5 commandments, 6 core questions, Blog, Hanna Season 1, Story Grid
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.