Christopher Grant is a Canadian novelist, screenwriter, and a poet.
The act of writing caught Chris's attention very early on in life. Having had an adventurous childhood and a colorful career as an author, the Canadian storyteller has kindly accepted the invitation to share his experience on The Ink Well podcast.
Whether you are a new or a seasoned writer, expect to enrich your knowledge about the craft after listening to Christopher's advice and ideas relating to storytelling, creative writing, note taking and organizing, methods of structuring your story and much more.
If you want to connect with Chris, leave him a comment under one of his articles on Medium.
Christopher's Medium account - https://medium.com/@thatchristophergrant
A short bio - https://medium.com/dancing-elephants-...
Novel #1 "The Father, the Son, and the Slave" - https://medium.com/illumination-book-...
Novel #2 "The Last 3 Days" - https://medium.com/illumination-book-...
Timeline:
00:00 Intro
01:04 Early Life in Africa
03:30 Novel #1 "The Father, the Son & the Slave"
10:21 Novel #2 "The Last 3 Days"
13:32 The 'What If?' Practice To Gain Inspiration
15:25 The Critique of 'Write Everyday and You're a Writer' Myth
18:00 Techniques for Taking Notes and Organizing Your Stories
21:35 How to Create Good Character Driven Conflicts?
23:01 Christopher's Motivation for Writing Stories
23:50 What Takes up more time: Reading or Writing?
25:38 Screenplays and TV Concepts
28:41 Use Adobe Illustrator to Organize Your Notes into a Timeline
31:16 The Twofold Hero's Journey for Better Storytelling
33:18 The Importance of Creating a Theme and Sticking to it
35:09 Chris' Perspective on Writing Advice Articles on Medium.com
41:09 Christopher's Perspective on the Medium Partnership Program
44:09 Will Artificial Intelligence Make Writers and Artists Obsolete?
48:24 Why Writing Screenplays is the Best Way to Learn Advanced Storytelling?
55:50 What are the 6 Main Emotional Story Arches?
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