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Keeping Romance Interesting

Jan 21, 2024

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Randall Surles

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Part 2 about adding Romance Conventions to your action, thriller, crime, or military story that keep it interesting.

Scrivener + Story Grid – Part 1: The Set Up

May 16, 2020

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Randall Surles

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Want to learn how to merge the fantastic writer’s tool Scrivener with the awesome Editing Methodology The Story Grid? This is the post for you!

Jack Ryan S1E1

Jun 26, 2019

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Randall Surles

in 5 Commandment Episodes, 5 commandments, 6 core questions, Blog, Progressive Complication, Story Grid

Jack Ryan, Amazon Prime’s Action Series, broken down by story elements to show why it’s a story well told.

Gentleman Jack Ep6

Jun 6, 2019

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Randall Surles

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We’re going to sum up the story so far here. We should be approaching the end of the Middle Build, so let’s see how well the story follows the story grid and if it’s working. The Love Story So Far As I mentioned in the introduction a couple weeks back, Shawn Coyne says a Love…