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How I Write A Short Story, Part 1 | Behind The Scenes Writing Vlog #9
Hello, Book Lovers!
As you probably know, I’ve moved my writing vlogs over to a new channel, just to distinguish between the two types of content that I provide. Over the months, I’ve noticed that the audience who wants writing advice is a little different from the audience who like my weekly vlogs. Which leads me to announce that I’m doing a mini-experiment on this channel.
Don’t worry, it’s not as crazy as it sounds.
The next few Behind the Scenes Vlogs will be focused on one day as opposed to a weekly writing vlog. So, in theory, the vlogs will be shorter at first, at some point, I may go back to the weekly style content. In this writing vlog, I had initially planned on starting to write a short story, which is titled The Lawn. But, as it turned out, I needed more time to prepare before putting pen to paper or in my case, fingers to the keyboard.
● How I write a short story.
● What is an easter egg?
● What I do before I start writing.
● Scene blocking or Scene Outlining and how I use this technique when I write.
● Creating a scene by scene outline in excel.
● How I edit my outline
● Value shifts and how I use this during the outline editing phase.
● How long it takes me to create a story world, create characters, and outline before I start writing.
● And how I write scenes.
A. D. Hay (Amelia)
Amateur Sleuth Mystery Author
Amelia writes amateur sleuth mysteries under the pen name A.D. Hay. She is the author of The Lawn, Suspicion, and Duplicity—the first three stories in the James Lalonde Amateur Sleuth Mystery series. The Candidate is the first book in the Rookie Reporter Mystery series. And she is the author of the stand-alone murder mystery The Locked Room. When not absorbed in a gripping page-turner or writing my James Lalonde series, Amelia loves to travel around Europe, drink tea and rosé, and eat pizza. She is also obsessed with journalism, art history, and is a closet religious thriller fan. She is also the host of The Authorpreneur Podcast and the Mystery Novel Nerd Podcast. Right now, she is writing a cozy mystery short story, which will eventually be the first instalment of a series, the second book in the Rookie Reporter Mystery series and the third James Lalonde novel.
