rachel writes | Why you can't find your WRITING STYLE, the BEST short stories & how to write atmosphere | Q&A @rachelwritesbooks | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:33 - Any short story reading recommendations?
2:02 - Do you have any tips about micro fiction?
3:00 - I have an idea I want to create several WIPs out of, but the concepts are too similar and I can't choose which to create. Do you have any tips on how to deal with this, and have you had any similar problems?
4:11 - Do you think authortube (as a creator) has affected your writing in any way? Positively or negatively? Do you think your writing journey would be any different if you hadn’t started authortube?
9:08 - How did you nail your writing style/what tips do you have for getting to know yourself as a writer?
11:00 - How do you know if a scene is melodramatic or the right amount of dramatic?
11:36 - I don't have time to write because of exams, but not writing is bothering me. Any advice?
13:13 - Do you have any advice for writing consistently?
14:24 - How do you write atmosphere?
15:11 - How do you keep your story momentum going and never let the plot or dialogue get boring?
16:30 - Do you have any tips on writing endings?
17:34 - What’s one of the favorite scenes you’ve read and/or written?
LIST OF RACHEL'S FAVOURITE SHORT STORIES:
- The Extra by Michael Christie: amazon.ca/Extra-Short-Story-Michael-Christie-ebook/dp/B009YJYESC
- Tapka by David Bezmozgis: newyorker.com/magazine/2003/05/19/tapka
- L’Etranger by Eliza Robertson: hazlitt.net/longreads/letranger
- Sea Life by Eliza Robertson: littlefiction.com/beta/SeaLife.html
- Slingshot by Souvankham Thammavongsa: harpers.org/archive/2018/05/slingshot
- Randy Travis by Souvankham Thammavongsa: electricliterature.com/randy-travis-souvankham-thammavongsa
- Yeti Hunting on Mt. Seymour by Sophie Crocker: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/nashvillereview/archives/15947
- We Walked on Water by Eliza Robertson: granta.com/we-walked-on-water
- Dead Girls by Emily Geminder: amazon.ca/Girls-Other-Stories-Emily-Geminder-ebook/dp/B076MSK15G/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
- Father’s Milk by Louise Erdrich: amazon.ca/Red-Convertible-Selected-Stories-1978-2008-ebook/dp/B09B7HZX94/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
- Wishbone by Shaelin Bishop: prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live
- Hold Me Under Till I See the Light by Shaelin Bishop: tnq.ca/issues/issue-156
- I Will Never Tell You This by Shaelin Bishop: puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this
- Simple Recipes by Madeleine Thien: amazon.ca/Simple-Recipes-Madeleine-Thien-ebook/dp/B01LXEUIZA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
- Doppel by Sharon Bala: hazlitt.net/longreads/doppel
- Six Things My Father Taught Me About Bears by Leah Mol: books.apple.com/ca/book/six-things-my-father-taught-me-about-bears/id1528975437
- Cathedral by Raymond Carver: http://www.giuliotortello.it/ebook/cathedral.pdf
- Daughters of the Air by Kate McQuade: joylandmagazine.com/fiction/daughters-of-the-air
- Cannibal by Natanya Ann Pulley: splitlipthemag.com/fiction/818/natanya-ann-pulley
- All Those Infinite Variations by Elaine van der Geld: minolareview.com/elaine-van-der-geld
- When It’s Over (No Tears Shampoo) by Kristina Ten: splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0821/kristina-ten
- Honey Pie by Cathryn Rose: minolareview.com/cathryn-rose
- Fruit Selection by Lucy Zhang: minolareview.com/lucy-zhang
- Miracle Polish by Steven Millhauser: newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/miracle-polish
- Property of Neil by Tea Mutonji: joylandmagazine.com/uncategorized/property-neil
- The Years of My Birth by Louise Erdrich: newyorker.com/magazine/2011/01/10/the-years-of-my-birth
- Looking at Swans by Sophie McCreesh: minolareview.com/sophie-mccreesh-2
- Forgot to mention this in the vid, but also The Dead by James Joyce: online-literature.com/james_joyce/958
RELATED:
- Micro fiction book I mentioned: goodreads.com/en/book/show/387876
- Vid where I mentioned how I balance writing as a busy person: youtu.be/fDwyJbM3bdg
- Double spaced podcast: youtu.be/pU4OUwVvz5g
- Reading you excerpts from my books: youtu.be/43IfBznFaJc
LINKS
Twitter: twitter.com/rachellwrites
Instagram: instagram.com/rachelxwrites
Website: bit.ly/3rq2vz5
Tumblr: bit.ly/3BhAtK3
Pinterest: bit.ly/2qdKsyM
ALL MY PUBLISHED WORK: bit.ly/3CYT7Y1
ASK ME ANYTHING: bit.ly/34wRv7u
Outro: This is not a joke by Monplaisir
My equipment:
→ Camera: Sony ZV1
→ Vlog mic: Rode Video Micro
→ Sit-down mic: Blue Yeti OR Blue Snowball iCE
→ Editor: Premiere Pro
#authortube
TIMESTAMPS:
0:33 - Any short story reading recommendations?
2:02 - Do you have any tips about micro fiction?
3:00 - I have an idea I want to create several WIPs out of, but the concepts are too similar and I can't choose which to create. Do you have any tips on how to deal with this, and have you had any similar problems?
4:11 - Do you think authortube (as a creator) has affected your writing in any way? Positively or negatively? Do you think your writing journey would be any different if you hadn’t started authortube?
9:08 - How did you nail your writing style/what tips do you have for getting to know yourself as a writer?
11:00 - How do you know if a scene is melodramatic or the right amount of dramatic?
11:36 - I don't have time to write because of exams, but not writing is bothering me. Any advice?
13:13 - Do you have any advice for writing consistently?
14:24 - How do you write atmosphere?
15:11 - How do you keep your story momentum going and never let the plot or dialogue get boring?
16:30 - Do you have any tips on writing endings?
17:34 - What’s one of the favorite scenes you’ve read and/or written?
LIST OF RACHEL'S FAVOURITE SHORT STORIES:
- The Extra by Michael Christie: amazon.ca/Extra-Short-Story-Michael-Christie-ebook/dp/B009YJYESC
- Tapka by David Bezmozgis: newyorker.com/magazine/2003/05/19/tapka
- L’Etranger by Eliza Robertson: hazlitt.net/longreads/letranger
- Sea Life by Eliza Robertson: littlefiction.com/beta/SeaLife.html
- Slingshot by Souvankham Thammavongsa: harpers.org/archive/2018/05/slingshot
- Randy Travis by Souvankham Thammavongsa: electricliterature.com/randy-travis-souvankham-thammavongsa
- Yeti Hunting on Mt. Seymour by Sophie Crocker: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/nashvillereview/archives/15947
- We Walked on Water by Eliza Robertson: granta.com/we-walked-on-water
- Dead Girls by Emily Geminder: amazon.ca/Girls-Other-Stories-Emily-Geminder-ebook/dp/B076MSK15G/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
- Father’s Milk by Louise Erdrich: amazon.ca/Red-Convertible-Selected-Stories-1978-2008-ebook/dp/B09B7HZX94/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
- Wishbone by Shaelin Bishop: prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live
- Hold Me Under Till I See the Light by Shaelin Bishop: tnq.ca/issues/issue-156
- I Will Never Tell You This by Shaelin Bishop: puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this
- Simple Recipes by Madeleine Thien: amazon.ca/Simple-Recipes-Madeleine-Thien-ebook/dp/B01LXEUIZA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
- Doppel by Sharon Bala: hazlitt.net/longreads/doppel
- Six Things My Father Taught Me About Bears by Leah Mol: books.apple.com/ca/book/six-things-my-father-taught-me-about-bears/id1528975437
- Cathedral by Raymond Carver: http://www.giuliotortello.it/ebook/cathedral.pdf
- Daughters of the Air by Kate McQuade: joylandmagazine.com/fiction/daughters-of-the-air
- Cannibal by Natanya Ann Pulley: splitlipthemag.com/fiction/818/natanya-ann-pulley
- All Those Infinite Variations by Elaine van der Geld: minolareview.com/elaine-van-der-geld
- When It’s Over (No Tears Shampoo) by Kristina Ten: splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0821/kristina-ten
- Honey Pie by Cathryn Rose: minolareview.com/cathryn-rose
- Fruit Selection by Lucy Zhang: minolareview.com/lucy-zhang
- Miracle Polish by Steven Millhauser: newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/miracle-polish
- Property of Neil by Tea Mutonji: joylandmagazine.com/uncategorized/property-neil
- The Years of My Birth by Louise Erdrich: newyorker.com/magazine/2011/01/10/the-years-of-my-birth
- Looking at Swans by Sophie McCreesh: minolareview.com/sophie-mccreesh-2
- Forgot to mention this in the vid, but also The Dead by James Joyce: online-literature.com/james_joyce/958
RELATED:
- Micro fiction book I mentioned: goodreads.com/en/book/show/387876
- Vid where I mentioned how I balance writing as a busy person: youtu.be/fDwyJbM3bdg
- Double spaced podcast: youtu.be/pU4OUwVvz5g
- Reading you excerpts from my books: youtu.be/43IfBznFaJc
LINKS
Twitter: twitter.com/rachellwrites
Instagram: instagram.com/rachelxwrites
Website: bit.ly/3rq2vz5
Tumblr: bit.ly/3BhAtK3
Pinterest: bit.ly/2qdKsyM
ALL MY PUBLISHED WORK: bit.ly/3CYT7Y1
ASK ME ANYTHING: bit.ly/34wRv7u
Outro: This is not a joke by Monplaisir
My equipment:
→ Camera: Sony ZV1
→ Vlog mic: Rode Video Micro
→ Sit-down mic: Blue Yeti OR Blue Snowball iCE
→ Editor: Premiere Pro
#authortube
