Getting genre right can be a boon to your career (and your bank account). Getting genre wrong can lead to frustration and lost book sales. Genre is a method of categorizing stories that help set reader expectations for your book or screenplay. It’s also a jumping off point with links to resources to dive deeper into a specific topic. This is a primer on how the Story Grid matches up with 11 concepts and terms that most writers already know: genre, scenes, acts, narrative arc, theme, outline, plot, protagonist and antagonist, conflict, setting, outlines, and exposition. But where do you start to try and absorb all that knowledge?
With a 344 page book, over 120 podcast episodes, and more than 100 articles, it’s a comprehensive resource on how to line up every element of your novel to craft a page-turning story that packs an emotional punch. Infused with his writing is a childhood love of nature, and THE PINCH is the product of his childhood experience scuba diving and exploring in caves.The Story Grid Translated Into Common Writing Termsĭownload the Math of Storytelling Infographic His work covers many genres but his niche is modern dramas about extraordinary, yet everyday people. Obsessed with story, James employs the techniques and principles he learned as a classical musician to his story telling. A graduate of Columbia College, he currently has a career in the Los Angeles tech-start-up space. Originally a classical musician, he turned to writing when he discovered his love for the art of story in college. James Raynor is a writer who grew up in northern Wisconsin, and currently resides in Venice, CA. Amanda must simultaneously battle her own head and her emotional pit of quicksand, all while dealing with the insurmountable task of setting Justin free.Īnd here’s a quick bio of THE PINCH’s writer, James Raynor:
Meanwhile, the cave works against them its nearly supernatural qualities taking a profound psychological toll on those involved. Both of them trapped, Justin physically and Amanda emotionally, they quickly develop a close bond. Reaching Justin, she attempts to save his life using every trick in the book, while he deals with the grave nature of his situation by trying to save her. Now she must travel deep into the earth, scuba diving through miles of flooded cave in the most hostile environment on the planet.
When caver Justin finds his leg trapped beneath a massive boulder deep in a cavern, the only one small enough to reach him and strong enough to get the boulder off is Amanda, a petite former gymnast who is struggling badly with the untimely loss of her long-term partner. See below to find out more about THE PINCH and James.Īnd don’t forget to enter the WriteMovies Winter 2020 Screenwriting Contest if you’d like a shot at winning these prizes yourself!
James has won a year of free script development worth up to $3200, guaranteed pitching to industry, and more.
THE PINCH by James Raynor is a gripping script that took a very worthy 2nd place in our Fall 2019 Screenwriting Contest! A claustrophobic survival story: a small but strong woman is the only chance for a man trapped miles underground.