Tune in for the third installment of Alone in Nashville at Christmas where we find out Joelle's fate, and learn how to separate scenes inside of a short story. Mmmm, hot chicken.

Today we get into the middle of "Alone in Nashville at Christmas" part 2, and I give you a real life example of why we have to reread things just to make sure everything we planned to go into the story actually got there. Will this episode make you want hot chicken from Nashville, absolutely, yes.

Here is the first part of "Alone in Nashville at Christmas" where we take the idea of sensory imagery, feelings, and expensive words into the fictional realm. Let's do this thing.

How to think through your story so that you get the details right and don't irritate every reader. Also, how to adjust when your now-life inspires you to write about it and ruins your plans.

Understand that even though 2020 has been a dumpster fire, there are things worth celebrating. Here are my professional things.

"Sam whispered quietly" is not a strong sentence. Let's fix that.

Let's travel back in time to third grade, and then update the wrong teaching into a right one. Pronouns ya'll.

How to take your emotions caused by sensory details, and spin them into a fictional short story idea.

This is the last episode of the autobiographical portion of the Story Bootcamp series. Listen to this, finish your autobiographical story, and then get ready to work on your fiction short story. Boom. Feelings.

I'm taking a quick break to recharge, and so should you.