This episodes twists and turns from emotion in storytelling to dissecting the hydrogen atom. It's a great episode and will make you look at your story in a new, fresh way.

Shawn walks through how taking time to look at math can help you structure your story.

What is the fundamental unit of story? Shawn talks about a new insight he had at a recent Story Grid event and what it means for us.

Shawn continues to walk Tim through the Editor's 6 Core Questions which are the first line of evaluating a manuscript.

The Editor's 6 Core Questions is the first tool in the arsenal of how to evaluate a manuscript. Shawn walks Tim through the first 3 questions.

Going back to the basics of Story Grid, Shawn and Tim discuss the role genre plays in storytelling.

This episode is two for the price of one. Tim and Shawn first discuss when and how to do a 2nd edition of a book and then they move into discussing Tim's changes to the Beginning Hook of his novel as he continues to race towards the finish line.

After several weeks of analyzing the manuscript, Shawn walks Tim through the final steps of refinement he needs to go through to get it ready for production.

Shawn and Tim finish up talking about the Hero Archetypes and then delve into what it takes to ground your book in a realistic world.

Shawn and Tim continue talking through the Hero's Journey Archetypes, who they are, and how they should be in your story.