It’s 20 minutes of deep insight as Valerie Francis brings you a bite-size episode on the Beginning, Middle and End of a story.

It’s 20 minutes of Story Grid 101 insight and chat this time as Anne and guest editor Rachelle Ramirez bring you a bite-size episode on some basics of Genre.

The Roundtablers work hard to discover what doesn’t quite work in this week’s story, The Girl in the Book. The 2015 film was written and directed by Marya Cohn. Some strong content warnings in this one, folks.

Back in 1970, apparently love meant never having to say you were sorry. Or so Love Story, that year’s popular tearjerker, would have us believe. The film was directed by Arthur Hiller from a screenplay by Erich Segal, who also wrote the accompanying novel.

It’s the Live from Nashville 2019 bonus edition as Jarie—who wasn’t able to attend—interviews the rest of us about our experiences at Story Grid Live 2019, and we talk about what it was like to be with over 100 fellow story nerds live and in person.

It’s 15 minutes of Story Grid 101 this time as Anne Hawley brings you a bite-size episode on the fourth of the Editor’s Six Core Questions: Objects of Desire.

This week, genre disagreements don’t stop the team from pointe-ing out the great storytelling in Black Swan. This 2010 film about artistic passion was directed by Darren Aronofsky from a screenplay by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin.

It’s 15 minutes of deep insight this time as Leslie Watts brings you a bite-size episode on Cause and Effect.

It’s 10 minutes of deep insight into the writer’s habits and mindset as Valerie brings you a bite-size episode about daily writing targets and our old friend, Resistance.

It’s 20 minutes of deep insight this time as Jarie Bolander bring you a bite-size episode on how to plan a novel.