Bonus: How To Write Scenes Like Rowling (An Interview With Savannah Gilbo & Abigail K. Perry)

Fiction Writing Made Easy

J.K. Rowling is the master of layering things within her scenes. She’s also fantastic at raising the stakes from scene to scene, too. But how does she do it
Tune into this episode to hear Abigail K. Perry and I talk to Tim Grahl (the CEO of Story Grid) about what it was like to study Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone—what we learned from J.K. Rowling about writing scenes and so much more.
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• Pre-order my new book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: A Story Grid Masterwork Analysis Guide, and get a handful of special bonuses!
• Watch the video interview on Story Grid’s YouTube channel

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Chapters

1. Crafting Engaging and Purposeful Scenes (00:00:00)

2. Analyzing Scene Structure and Purpose (00:05:07)

3. Navigating Stake Levels in Storytelling (00:12:30)

4. Analyzing Purpose and Value in Scenes (00:19:49)