Here are some tips for all the short fiction newbies out there!
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RELATED VIDEOS:
→How to Write a Short Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DellQae18&t=672s
→Everything About Submitting Short Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYCepQ-7ChQ&t=312s
→How Short Fiction Made me A Better Writer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubab3YmyYcw
→Specificity and Concrete Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgNW3EgtT1E
→How to Write and Incorporate Flashbacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db487nenqLw&t=431s
→Symbolism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAzLxxA2eEI
→Creating Complex Characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdA8DjiQ6us
MY SHORT FICTION:
☾"I Will Never Tell You This" in The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this/
☾"Solarium" in Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop
☾"Barefoot" in The Fiddlehead [print]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾"Wishbone" in PRISM international [print]: http://prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live/
☾"Wishbone" video reading: https://vimeo.com/420052282
☾"Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden" in The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden/
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Focus on story, not theme
2:15 - Use specificity
4:37 - The inciting incident
5:27 - Minimize the cast
6:35 - Minimize flashbacks
7:25 - Conflict
8:03 - Core event
8:37 - Compress the timeline
9:15 - Active characters
11:04 - Endings and choice
12:42 - Lift
13:27 - Information reveal
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