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A review by mochavonbee
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know by Shawn Coyne
4.0
Bought this on kindle after it was recommended by writing friend. Having read through it, I am now using it to do revisions and finding it very helpful. Maybe it's because I have an old kindle, but the diagrams were illegible on it. They are available on the web, but having bought the book on kindle, Yes, I do find it irksome to have to look up diagrams on the web.
There are some extremely interesting and insightful observations about genre conventions and obligatory scenes and while these are covered for crime/thriller genres, I found it frustrating that so many other genres were not covered, particularly as the concept of genre convention and obligatory scenes is a significant chunk of the book.
Still, despite these quibbles, the story grid is proving a very useful revision/editing tool even for a non crime/thriller...
There are some extremely interesting and insightful observations about genre conventions and obligatory scenes and while these are covered for crime/thriller genres, I found it frustrating that so many other genres were not covered, particularly as the concept of genre convention and obligatory scenes is a significant chunk of the book.
Still, despite these quibbles, the story grid is proving a very useful revision/editing tool even for a non crime/thriller...