The craft lesson is here! I use this outlining technique for everything I write from short stories and novels to screenplays and video games. I hope this lesson is a useful resource for your writing life:
Oh, I love this story, and can’t wait to dig into the parts in the next lesson. I’m happy that she chose to ignore the call. Also, it’s been a year since I, too, dropped my phone and someone backed over it before I could retrieve it. That bit of specificity—plus the whole unfolding tragedy—pulled me in. Thank you!
Thanks for reading! I have to ask, how did your phone get run over? While working on this story, I Googled videos of run-over phones to see what would happen, so I’m very curious!
The sad phone story: I was walking the dogs. A guy came out of his apartment in a hurry, and I hustled past the end of his driveway to stay out of the way. I didn't realize right away that my phone had slipped out of my pocket. When I retraced my route to search for it, my phone was face down in the gravel, smashed front and back.
Wow! I was enthralled from the very first sentence! I love how you wove in Izzy's background/history along with the parts of it that contrasted beautifully with moments that call for her to make a choice. You can see how much she has changed or grown which I think makes this story hit even harder.
[I hope I make sense ^^;;]!
Excited for the next lessons! I hope one day I will be able to knock out such a story in a week ^^!
Oh wow! Goosebumps at the ending. I really enjoyed reading this and am looking forward to the craft lesson that accompanies it. Thank you for sharing this!
The craft lesson is here! I use this outlining technique for everything I write from short stories and novels to screenplays and video games. I hope this lesson is a useful resource for your writing life:
https://open.substack.com/pub/katjolewis/p/the-one-pager?r=1nxyt&utm_medium=ios
Oh, I love this story, and can’t wait to dig into the parts in the next lesson. I’m happy that she chose to ignore the call. Also, it’s been a year since I, too, dropped my phone and someone backed over it before I could retrieve it. That bit of specificity—plus the whole unfolding tragedy—pulled me in. Thank you!
Thanks for reading! I have to ask, how did your phone get run over? While working on this story, I Googled videos of run-over phones to see what would happen, so I’m very curious!
The sad phone story: I was walking the dogs. A guy came out of his apartment in a hurry, and I hustled past the end of his driveway to stay out of the way. I didn't realize right away that my phone had slipped out of my pocket. When I retraced my route to search for it, my phone was face down in the gravel, smashed front and back.
Oh no! Sorry that happened. Thanks for indulging my curiosity.
Wow! I was enthralled from the very first sentence! I love how you wove in Izzy's background/history along with the parts of it that contrasted beautifully with moments that call for her to make a choice. You can see how much she has changed or grown which I think makes this story hit even harder.
[I hope I make sense ^^;;]!
Excited for the next lessons! I hope one day I will be able to knock out such a story in a week ^^!
Thanks for reading! And thanks so much for this kind note. It means a lot. I’m looking forward to sharing the lessons in the coming weeks.
Also excited for you and your work!
Oh wow! Goosebumps at the ending. I really enjoyed reading this and am looking forward to the craft lesson that accompanies it. Thank you for sharing this!
Thanks so much for reading. I hope the craft lesson is a useful resource to your writing life!