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Hi, this is Francis Leigh from FrancisLeighBlog. I help writers write their next best novel
so they can tell the story they want to tell. In this 5-day video series, I’m going to
teach you how to outline in full a short story you can write immediately after this video.
I’ve been studying different methods of outlining for over 7 years, and now I want
to share that knowledge with you in the form of outlining a short story over five days.
Our time together has draws to a close, Writer, and I hope you’ve enjoyed this mini-challenge.
Today’s the way we create scene settings from our plot points yesterday, so grab your
pen and print off the worksheet if you want. Let us crack on. Every story has three main
elements, your characters who we discovered in Day Three, the plot which we outlined yesterday,
Day Four, and setting which is what we’re going over today. Your story’s location
is more than just a backdrop for your characters and the actions they take. It is your location
which can also increase your conflict by producing obstacles in the path for your hero’s journey.
It is your location your character may fight to protect. It is in your location your character
may learn their secret heritage and/or place in the world. With this in mind, go through
yesterday’s scenes and make a list of where each one is located. But try to limit yourself
to five locations, because this is a short story and re-using scenes [settings] probably
not as important as the world-building in longer pieces of fiction. I’m sure you already
have an overall setting for your story. So today we’re going a little deeper than that,
street level, you could say. Perhaps a character’s house, or a coffee shop. The creepy forest
on the edge of the town, a cemetery across the river. The worksheet I produced guides
you into thinking beyond what your character sees, because I want you to place yourself
in this location and describe it to me with your other senses. What do you smell? What
do you hear? What do you feel? You may wish to print off as many copies of this worksheet
as you require. Possibly two or three copies. Because this worksheet, if you can see, but
I will have the little box below, it asks you the name of the location, who owns the property,
and then it goes into the senses. With the sights, the smells, the tastes on the air,
the sounds and what you sense. By sense, I mean if your back’s against a tree do you
feel the bark? Do you feel the twigs snapping beneath your feet? So, senses are a very important
part of descriptive narrative. It’s through the senses and sensations your deep point
of view covers that you can put the reader directly into the world of your characters. If you
require more information about world-building for your story, check out my blog articles
on the topic. Thanks for watching my video series, Writer, where we created a short story
outline in just five days. For more details (I'm just unplugging my charger). For more details about how to write your next best novel just
visit francisleighblog.wordpress.com where you can find tips and guidance on writing
urban fantasy stories! Alternatively, you can subscribe to my channel or sponsor me
on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. See you soon, writer.