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How to Write a Short Story (Part 3) | Behind the Scenes Writing Vlog #12
Hello Writers and Book Lovers!
After the last video blog, I had finally got around to adding more notes to my fourth draft checklist. I was all prepared and had all my spreadsheets plus scrivener opened. And, that’s when I realised I hadn’t finished writing the first draft of my crime thriller short story, The Lawn.
So, this is officially the third instalment in my how to write a short story series.
- My writing and revision plans for the week.
- Some exciting podcast-related purchases.
- An idea for a tech-related video on podcasting for writers (let me know if you want me to film this).
- Writing the final two scenes of a short story.
- If I stuck to these new writing plans and finished the scenes.
- How I’m choosing to end my crime thriller short story.
- The importance of writing to Genre even in short stories.
- Writing and revising the first draft of a story at the same time.
- A short update on revising my story, the Lawn.
- Mistakes I’ve made as I outlined The Lawn.
- How I write scenes.
- And, how many scenes in a chapter.
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.
