Shawn Coyne – Big Idea Nonfiction Seminar
What does it take to write down a world-changing nonfiction ebook?
Probably the most expansive, science-based instruction on writing a nonfiction ebook based mostly on the Story Grid methodology.
You could have an awesome thought for a ebook…
You recognize it should change individuals’s lives.
The problem is popping that concept right into a ebook.
You’ve been desirous about this ebook thought for a very long time. It’s been in your thoughts. You discuss to individuals about it. You share it with individuals.
Perhaps you’ve tried to start out writing about it in a weblog publish or an article. Or possibly you’ve imagined your self giving a killer TED Speak that breaks the Web.
You recognize it must be a ebook, however you retain getting caught.
You’ve learn superb books which have modified your life. You’ve additionally learn books that had been a waste of your time.
How do you craft a ebook in such a approach that folks will end the ebook and inform their associates about it?
How do you get out of your nice thought to a completed ebook that can change individuals’s lives?
You recognize it’s time to get right down to work, however the prospect of writing a complete ebook is daunting.
No, it’s downright scary.
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You know the way to sort. You know the way to string phrases into sentences into paragraphs. However each time you begin engaged on this ebook, and even desirous about engaged on this ebook, you get caught.
You’re feeling such as you’re observing a 20,000-foot climb, and also you don’t even have the precise boots on.
In the event you’re going to climb a mountain, you want tools, coaching, and a information. That is the place Story Grid is available in.
I’ve needed to be a author ever since I received out of college, however I haven’t written something. Story Grid is the possibility to seize onto a course of and a construction—and in addition a group of people who find themselves doing the identical factor.
— James Pier
Practice with an professional who can present you the ropes.
Shawn Coyne is the creator and founding father of Story Grid. He has labored within the publishing trade for 30 years, together with 25 as an editor at Big 5 publishing homes, an impartial writer, and a literary agent—each at a serious Hollywood expertise company and at his personal company, Style Administration, Inc. His tasks have grossed greater than $150 million in North America alone.
In early 2015, he revealed The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know, and later that yr began the Story Grid Podcast with author and ebook advertising and marketing professional, Tim Grahl.
Here’s a partial listing of authors whose works he has both acquired, edited, revealed or represented:
James Bamford, John Brenkus, James Lee Burke, Barbara Bush, Dick Butkus, Harlan Coben, Nellie Connally, Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, Ben Crenshaw, Catherine Crier, Brett Favre, David Feherty, John Feinstein, Tyler Florence, Jim Gant, Col. David H. Hackworth, Jamie Harrison, Mo Hayder, William Hjortsberg, Stephen Graham Jones, Jon Krakauer, David Leadbetter, Alan Lomax, David Mamet, Troon McAllister, Robert McKee, Matthew Modine, Invoice Murray, Joe Namath, John J. Nance, Jack Olsen, Scott Patterson, Steven Pressfield, Matthew Quirk, Anita Raghavan, Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Jerry Rice, Giora Romm, Tim Rosaforte, William Safire, Dava Sobel, Michael Thomas, Nick Tosches, Ann Scott Tyson, Minette Walters, Betty White, Randy Wayne White, Steven White and Don Winslow.
What does “Big Idea” imply?
A Big Idea ebook brings collectively the very best components of many forms of nonfiction, from educational writing to “how-to” books to memoirs.
Getting individuals to suppose otherwise and embrace new concepts isn’t straightforward. However nothing worthwhile is straightforward.
Shawn’s Story Grid system for nonfiction might help you form your concepts, put together micro- and macro-scale plans, after which take the steps to finish your journey.
The breadth of Shawn’s data and what he has studied is staggering, and he’s in a position to put all of it collectively. . . . That is invaluable. It’s revolutionary.
— Sally Driscoll
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What you’ll be taught within Big Idea Nonfiction…
MODULE 1
The Big Image
The place do tales come from? What frequent traits to fiction and nonfiction tales share—and the way do they differ? How do nice tales assist individuals survive and thrive on this planet?
MODULE 2
Story Backbone
How can a powerful story backbone anchor the start, center, and finish of your ebook and preserve readers emotionally concerned?
MODULE 3
Human Wants
Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Wants gives a framework for understanding how completely different sorts, or genres, of tales work.
MODULE 4
Understanding Style
Every story sort, or style, units up readers’ expectations. In the event you don’t perceive your style, you’ll by no means meet these expectations and readers will stroll away confused and disillusioned.
MODULE 5
The 5 Commandments of Storytelling
Each Big Idea ebook must abide by some storytelling necessities to be able to seize and maintain an viewers.
MODULE 6
Items of Story
Shawn shares his Russian doll concept of story construction.
MODULE 7
Foolscap International Story Grid
In line with historian and novelist Norm Stahl, “God made a legal-sized piece of yellow foolscap paper just long enough to outline an entire project.” That’s how Steven Pressfield, writer of The Conflict of Artwork, begins each ebook. You need to too.
MODULE 8
The Story Grid Spreadsheet
Shawn will introduce you to the scene-by-scene micro-analysis device that’s on the coronary heart of his methodology.
MODULE 9
Find out how to Construct Your Personal Story Grid
Discover ways to plan your readers’ expertise on the micro and macro ranges with a robust visible device.
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Right here’s how this works:
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Be part of the Big Idea Nonfiction Seminar by clicking right here.
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Get speedy entry to the seminar so you’ll be able to soar in and get began straight away.
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Undergo the in depth 63 classes, 20+ hours of coaching from Shawn Coyne.
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Implement the concepts to write down the very best story you’ve ever created!
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