Q&A - Part 3

Shawn continues answering questions from listeners about genre, the hero's journey, and more. Questions answered in this episode: Can the mentor also be the villain? Practical ways to workshop and come up with story ideas and to find inspiration. What core components make up a story premise? How can I use the Story Grid methodology in relation to short story? What novels do you recommend for studying the Redemption Plot and the Education Plot? Shawn and Steven Pressfield have worked together on many epic war novels. What are the obligatory scenes and conventions of the war genre? In the horror genre you put aliens under both uncanny and supernatural, is that because it depends on how they will be viewed in the story?