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Jane Austen's final novel, Persuasion, opens in an unusual way-with two hearts already broken. Anne Elliot and Capt
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- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: A Story Grid Masterwork Analysis Guide
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Dorothy Gale's trip from Kansas to the Emerald City-in print, on screen, and on stage-has enchanted audiences around the world for more than a century. But what is her magical adventure really about? And can studying such classic tales help today's writers improve their cr
- The Hobbit By J.R.R. Tolkien: A Story Grid Masterworks Analysis Guide
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Bilbo Baggins, an altogether respectable hobbit, had never done anything unexpected-to say nothing of heroic-until he met a wizard in a blue pointed hat. After that meeting, Bilbo embarked upon an adventure, recorded in the pages of
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson: A Story Grid Masterwork Analysis Guide
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Open Treasure Island, and you expect to find a thrilling adventure tale of pirates, shipwrecks, and lost booty. But
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie: A Story Grid Masterwork Analysis Guide
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A murder. A master detective. A gathering of suspects. Between the covers of a book or on the big screen, is there anything more compelling than a great crime story? In the expert hands of Agatha Christie-one of the world's bestselling novelists-every crime and every search for justice became a work of art. Story Grid Editor an
- Writing a Second-Chance Love Story: A Story Grid Masterwork Analysis Guide to Persuasion
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Jane Austen's final novel, Persuasion, opens in an unusual way-with two hearts already broken. Anne Elliot and Capt
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Shawn Coyne
SHAWN COYNE created, developed, and expanded the story analysis and problem- solving methodology The Story Grid throughout his quarter-century-plus book publishing career. A seasoned story editor, book publisher and ghostwriter, Coyne has also co-authored The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, The Cowboys, the '70s and the Fight For America's Soul with Chad Millman and Cognitive Dominance: A Brain Surgeon's Quest to Out-Think Fear with Mark McLaughlin, M.D. With his friend and editorial client Steven Pressfield, Coyne runs Black Irish Entertainment LLC, publisher of the cult classic book The War of Art. With his friend and editorial client Tim Grahl, Coyne oversees the Story Grid Universe, LLC, which includes Story Grid University and Story Grid Publishing.
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