What Are Story Grid Beats?

We think about the story creation process (writing) as one big “problem.”

You simply want to travel from where you are right now (without a story that works) to a place where your story takes on a life of its own. It works.

We submit to you that the practical way to unpack that very big problem is by breaking it into smaller, more easily solvable units.

Just as performers break down acting challenges into moment to moment micro-actions they call beats, so do Story Gri...