Improve your writing more in 6 weeks than you ever thought possible.
Mastering Line-by-Line in Fiction: A Live Scene Writing Workshop
begins July 2nd and is limited to 50 students.
What’s included?
- Weekly Live Training and Group Workshopping
- Weekly 1-on-1 Expert Writing Feedback
- Daily Group Exercises
- Weekly Practice Assignments
- Dedicated Cohort Discussion Channel
- A Small Group of No More Than 50 Students
Workshop Focus:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Study the world building and writing of J.K. Rowling.
The book that started it all!
We will look at specific scenes from this masterwork and apply the lessons to your writing around world building and character development.
A macro and scene-by-scene analysis of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
See a full Story Grid breakdown of the full book including spreadsheet and infographic.
PLUS, get early access to Story Grid's newest title,
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling: A Story Grid Masterwork Analysis Guide
WHAT IS IT?
Mastering Line-by-Line in Fiction: A Live Scene Writing Workshop is a 6-week group training and workshopping program designed to ensure you level up your dialogue and scene writing. Limited to 50 students, this will provide the perfect environment to get specific feedback and instruction to level up your skills as a writer.
WHO IS IT FOR?
Mastering Line-by-Line in Fiction: A Live Scene Writing Workshop is for any writer that’s ready to put in the time and gain the skills to improve their writing. It will work for any writer at any point in their writing as it will give you the skill development you need to improve all of your future writing.
WHERE DOES IT HAPPEN?
Mastering Line-by-Line in Fiction: A Live Scene Writing Workshop is hosted online. The weekly 90-minute training and group workshopping will be hosted on Zoom and the dedicated cohort discussion channel will be hosted on Slack. You will be able to submit your homework for the weekly group workshop via Google Docs.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The first week will be focused on training, reviewing Masterwork example scenes, and reviewing the first week’s assignment. In the following five live calls, we will do a small amount of training, but use most of the time workshopping your homework scenes submitted from the previous week. In between the live calls, you will have daily group exercises in the Cohort Discussion Channel.
WHEN DOES IT START?
The first live training is Tuesday, July 2nd at 12pm Pacific / 3pm Eastern. You will be able to access the discussion channel on Monday the 1st. From there, we will meet each week on Thursday at the same time for six weeks.
WHY DOES IT EXIST?
We want to help writers gain the skills they need to write a book and leave a legacy. The most important skill to master is writing a great scene, so we want to spend six weeks helping you level up this all-important skill.
Here's How It Works
Weekly Live Instruction
Each week you will receive clear, actionable instruction on what makes a great dialogue writing in a scene.
Weekly Practice
Each week you will receive a specific assignment to practice what you just learned and then a deadline to turn in the assignment.
Weekly Group Workshop
Starting the 2nd week, the assignments you turn in will be analyzed live on the training call to provide specific feedback on how to improve your writing.
Daily Group Practice
Every weekday, we will post a daily group exercise to practice the micro skills being taught each week during the live training.
Cohort Discussion Channel
All of the students will have access to a private Slack channel to discuss the weekly training, participate in the daily group exercises, and collaborate together throughout the six week workshop.
Archive Access
You will retain future access to all recordings of the live training and workshops to review in the future.
Your Trainers and Coaches
Tim Grahl
Lead Trainer
Tim is the CEO of Story Grid Universe and the Publisher of Story Grid Publishing.
He has written five books including the novel The Threshing and the nonfiction perennial sellers Running Down a Dream and Your First 1000 Copies. His next book, The Shithead, is due out in Spring 2024.
For the last eight years, he has studied under Shawn Coyne, world-class editor and writer, and helped thousands of writers create books they are proud to have written.
Will Tronoski
Workshop Facilitator
Will has experience on both sides of the writer - editor partnership. He is a writer in the Story Grid Writer Mentorship Program and a Story Grid Certified Editor.
Will was attracted to Story Grid by the comprehensiveness and rigor of the methodology along with the ethos of putting the work first.
Will’s goal is to meet each writer wherever they are and level up their craft from there.
Julia Blair
Coach and Trainer
Julia Blair is a developmental editor and story coach whose mission is to help writers strengthen their commitment to craft, improve technical skills, and develop storytelling expertise. Specializing in action and worldview genres, her manuscript wish list includes character-driven novels, epic and urban fantasy, pre-modern historical fiction, found families, redemption arcs, and reinterpreted fairy and folk tales.
One of the original SG Certified Editors, she believes the Story Grid method is among the most effective tools a writer can leverage.
Allison Fairhurst
Coach and Trainer
Allison Fairhurst is a fiction writer, book coach, and story nerd though and through.
She studied Fine Arts in College and Literature and Creative Writing at University. After graduating in 2012, she continued on her path to learn the craft of writing and editing through workshops, masterclasses, many books, and of course, Story Grid.
Kallista Foote
Coach and Trainer
Kallista Foote is a lifelong student of storytelling. She is a Story Grid Certified Editor, where she mastered the demanding art of diagnosing story problems accurately and recommending effective solutions to authors. She also studies book coaching through Author Accelerator, where she’s learned how to cultivate a writer’s potential.
Her passion lies in providing authors with the structure needed to continually build competence, fostering a safe environment for them to learn from mistakes, and maintaining high standards of excellence. This ensures that every writer she works with can approach the market with their head held high.
What do students think?
94%
Course Completion Rate
vs. 15% Industry Average
100%
Students Self-Report
They Became Better Writers
4.8
Out of 5-Star Rating
Access to each of the 50 seats is:
$1290
Two Options to Register
Because this 6-week workshop includes live discussion and feedback on your writing, we are limiting it to 50 students.
Please register below or schedule a time with a Story Grid expert to help answer your questions.
FAQs
When are the weekly meetings? What if I can't attend live?
The meetings will take place on Tuesdays at 3pm Eastern / 12pm Pacific (convert to your timezone) starting July 2nd. If you are unable to join live, the recording will be provided within twenty-four hours of the meeting.
How do the practice assignments work?
Each week Tim will give an assignment so you can practice what you have learned. The maximum word count on an assignment will be 1500 words. You will have 5 days to turn in your assignment. There is no requirement to turn in your assignment, but Tim will choose from the assignments turned in to give analyzation and feedback on the live calls.
Will my assignments be analyzed every week?
Yes! Each week a Story Grid Certified Editor will review and provide feedback on your scene along with specific steps to take to improve for the following week. This may also include specific homework for you to practice in order to improve.
How do I sign up for the workshop?
Because we only have 50 seats available, we recommend you secure your spot as soon as possible. This will ensure we create the best learning environment possible for all of the students.
Is there a guarantee? What if I'm not a better writer at the end?
We offer a 100% money-back guarantee. If you get to the end of the six weeks and feel that you have not improved as a writer, we want you to ask for your money back.
However, the only way this workshop will work for you is if you go through the weekly training and complete the practice assignments. Therefore, when you ask for a refund, we will ask you to send us your completed assignments so we can see you actively engaged in the program.
We recommend you do not apply to join the program if you cannot commit to going through the weekly 90-minute training and completing the weekly practice assignments.
What if I have more questions?
Email [email protected] and we will get back to you quickly.