Tim... First, congratulations! Your willingness to share your vulnerability, transparency, and authenticity is more than admirable; it is courageous! Thank you. Finally, I am honored to be a part of your ARC team; you can count on me to leave a review! I’m looking forward to reading your book. Again, congratulations!
@wildflower.bloomingАй бұрын
Tim, this book was POWERFUL. Thank you for writing it.
@detch012 ай бұрын
There are a lot of shysters providing online advice but you are definitely not one of them. I've benefitted tremendously from your channel. Thank you. I've downloaded your book and I'll read it this month. I'm really looking forward to it and I will leave a review for you. Cheers and thanks again.
@PhoenixCrown10 күн бұрын
So happy for you Tim. Some people just drift through life. Sounds like you've fought through a lot of trauma and challenges and constantly strived to be a better human being. No wonder you're a writer ;)
@maver1cs3842 ай бұрын
Congratulations Tim, You are so fortunate to have a mentor and great editor to produce an excellent novel. Can't wait to read your novel
@nathwhit39802 ай бұрын
Reading is better than watching endless screens!
@kentfaver2 ай бұрын
Congrats Tim! Happy for you and Shawn!
@Nico-mz9gq2 ай бұрын
Not sure if I’m allowed to do this but OMG! I’m on chapter 20 & thinking of calling out of work so I can keep reading
@cha0staxonomy2 ай бұрын
Well, I finished reading it in a day and a half, which I've done only about three times before in my life and only with genre fiction. An impressive page-turner. I look forward to leaving a review on the publication date. Thank you so much for sharing your book and the journey of its creation.
@martinmaenza55132 ай бұрын
Tim, thank you for the advanced copy. I look forward to reading it and giving you a review. I get a lot of great tips from your channel, so I am very happy to give back to you.
@NaomiKuttner2 ай бұрын
Looking forward to reading this!
@celebratewhoyouaretoday35132 ай бұрын
What a great story how the book even came about. I appreciate you putting yourself out there to tell your followers how you got here! Thank you for your honesty.
@miggseye2 ай бұрын
I’m reading my advanced copy, Tim, and so enjoying it-both the story itself as well as the novel being a “proof of concept” of the Story Grid writing principles you’re teaching us. Bravo. Well done. I’m still savoring the read. I’ve been reading each chapter, highlighting the Story Grid commandments. I’ve also made a playlist of the chapter heading songs on my Spotify-what fun. We have similar taste in music. Cheers. And congratulations on your upcoming book launch.
@miggseye2 ай бұрын
Re: the Spotify playlist I mentioned… I made it for myself, but maybe you’re planning on creating your own playlist. Either way, I have some questions on which/who’s version of a song you had in mind when writing each chapter. For some songs there was a clear guess that seemed right. For others a few candidates to choose from. But there’s a song, named Carousel, that I have no clear idea who’s version you mean… so I picked the one that spoke to me. Are you going to create your own Spotify playlist as part of your launch?
@jordanmerring2 ай бұрын
Sure, I'll be your ARC reader. I'm studying the Story Grid right now and would love to see it in action!
@elijahn89922 ай бұрын
Congratulations, I've been excited to read your book since it was announced!
@Con9f9hoy2 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing, make us all things, writers or not; readers or not! Because the work of love touches all of us.
@PaulRWorthington2 ай бұрын
Looking forward to this. I will actually read your book, and review it. Thanks for the years of knowledge you've delivered here and on the podcast.
@Nico-mz9gq2 ай бұрын
Have been looking forward to reading your book. Can’t wait!
@alnahdia33532 ай бұрын
I am really happy for you 💐
@nathwhit39802 ай бұрын
Your story about falling apart psychologically at 4:30 was intriguing. What caused it?
@nathwhit39802 ай бұрын
At 4:20 you mention EMDR therapy. Is that "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing" ?
@StoryGrid2 ай бұрын
Yes, that's the one! - Tim
@Kiwinen2 ай бұрын
I started to read it. Thank you, Tim for your generosity. The book is brilliant.
@chelseyummali2 ай бұрын
Congrats! Ive never published although Ive written and currently writing another manuscript Im trying to be patient with and think of it as a long term project.
@herbertwilliam33482 ай бұрын
Thanks for the book, nome it's my turn to read and review.
@antolinsoldadocamps83962 ай бұрын
Hi Tim, just finished The Shithead and I have to say that I have never read any book like your. It was fantastic and I will be leaving a review on the 19th of next month. Well done
@GreggMikulla2 ай бұрын
Hey. I'm the guy everyone hates on here. I am pre-ordering this book I think it will be excellent. I hope one day I can write one too, only my opinion of myself is pretty much nil. Loving to write is definitely a curse if you can't do it.
@wasthataflute2 ай бұрын
Appreciate it, Tim. Well done, congrats to you, and congrats to the company. I'm really interested in reading a finely honed Story Grid narrative. Of course I will leave a review, not only in gratitude of the book, but also for the valuable information you are putting out freely on KZbin. Big fan here giving big thanks.
@shebreathesingold80432 ай бұрын
Reading it! Congrats!
@AWildBard2 ай бұрын
Congratulations!!!
@a.allynharker8352 ай бұрын
This is a damn fine book. You should read it. You...order it.
@carolinalenes38902 ай бұрын
Congrats!
@roseanneveillette27142 ай бұрын
Congratulations! Major feat accomplished!
@BruceWayne153252 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Therapy has changed my life as well, so I can totally relate. I had to laugh when you mentioned how Shaun(sp) always ripped your work apart. As a debut author, I'd kill for someone to rip my work apart. I can't seem to get anyone to give me honest feedback, so that I know where to improve. I've resolved that I'll save up my pennies, and invest in an editor for my next novel. I don't know how authors can afford editors, they're so expensive, but the feedback would be invaluable. I haven't read your book, but from the description you gave, "Reading it will change your life for the better," I wonder if "Self Help" should be the category?
@StoryGrid2 ай бұрын
Hey Bruce, if you're looking to get real, direct feedback on your writing, I recommend you checkout our workshop: storygrid.com/workshop Thanks! Tim
@wonderwomanx12682 ай бұрын
Aside from an excellent tutor, you're a master speaker. Have you taken public speaking classes?
@superflysquirrel2 ай бұрын
omg so excited and so happy for you! sign me up! i'd love to leave a review!!!
@kenneth17672 ай бұрын
Thanks Tim. Got a copy and will read and review. Two questions if you don't mind: Does the Story Grid book do an indepth study of building scenes, and scene to scene transitions? And, are you writing another book? Thanks. Appreciate your honesty. I had similar experience growing up - reading SF or fantasy was frowned upon by my father who was suspicious of anything that was not labeled religious. Decades later now and realise noone can quench what rises up from our true and unique self.
@nikkinewbie60142 ай бұрын
Very courageous of you to be so forthcoming and vulnerable here with your story. It sounds like every page manifested in your book was hard earned. I’ll admit I’m surprised your book transcends or defies a global genre classification given the “tenets” of Story Grid…but if Mr. Coyne signed off on it, then what else is there to say except - maybe he’ll create another genre in your honor! 🤔😃. Hoping much success for you and this book which sounds like it was a real labor of the soul. This is a long way from the prior trials of your iterations of Eyewitness. I guess it was all worth it! 🎉🎉
@StoryGrid2 ай бұрын
So this may not have been clear. In Story Grid terms, I wrote a Performance External, Worldview Internal story. However, the SG writing genres are completely different to the random 100s of "marketing" genres. Those are the ones I was having trouble putting my book into. - Tim
@nikkinewbie60142 ай бұрын
@@StoryGrid Ahhh - yes. Makes perfect sense! Totally understand marketing genres do not 100% align with Story Grid. You were clear enough, I just didn’t connect that marketing dot to what you said about the genre of your story. Thank you for the clarification because it was like “a splinter in my mind”. 😂. Best to you!
@josephm.colombo604Ай бұрын
The cover makes me feel like I need to read The Fountainhead first. Is that true? Would a summary suffice? Why the connection?
@zhadebarnet377321 күн бұрын
Hey, the contact page on your website is down. Where can i drop you a letter?
@1977palvarez11 күн бұрын
Congratulations! Have you ever thought about translating the grid into Spanish?
@dan_straub2 ай бұрын
I’m looking for the physical book and both links take me to the ebook download…help
@StoryGrid2 ай бұрын
When signup for the ebook I'll also send you the link to how to get the physical book. - Tim
@dan_straub2 ай бұрын
@@StoryGridthanks Tim! Excited for you
@brianover_reviews2 ай бұрын
I'm not (normally) a prude at all, but I wouldn't use that title. I would choose a title that suggests that someone would probably ENJOY the novel, rather than run from it. I've occasionally (very occasionally) used the "s" word in my own fiction, but I wouldn't put it in a title like that.... unless it is a NON fiction book with a title like, "Clean your place quickly... No more SH*T MESSES!"
@StoryGrid2 ай бұрын
_The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck_ sold roughly a bajillion copies so I'm not too concerned about it turning off readers. I'm way more concerned with having a title that is so generic that no one could remember it. - Tim
@eduardoo312 ай бұрын
not only that but the word shithead shows up in every other page in a cheeky reference kind of way that i despised hahaha
@wildflower.bloomingАй бұрын
@@StoryGridthe title is perfect. It's the loudest voice that torments him the whole journey. This isn't a story about Eric. It's about The Shithead, and how he becomes Eric.
@NekarXenos2 ай бұрын
Oops you've reached the 404 page?
@Fermion202 ай бұрын
Same here.
@StoryGrid2 ай бұрын
Fixed now
@NekarXenos2 ай бұрын
@@StoryGrid Thank you, I finally found it under the spam folder
@АнастасияПтицына-й1щ2 ай бұрын
Both links to dropbox (download your copy directly) in the email doesn't work, dropbox said this item was deleted. But I downloaded from the site
@StoryGrid2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up! This will be fixed in future emails, but I’m glad you were able to get your copy. - Tim