Writing Tips - 15 Tips for Writing Better Short Stories! | Writing Tips

RELATED VIDEOS: →12 Tips for New Short Story Writers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOj7Ko_3vwg&t=228s →Using Form in Your Writing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFpiPH1nF0M →How to Write a Short Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DellQae18 →Everything About Submitting Short Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYCepQ-7ChQ →8 Unconventional Points of View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G-G80OORLk →All My Published Work: https://linktr.ee/shaelinbishop →If you want to support my channel, you can tip me on ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/shaelinbishop MY SHORT FICTION: ☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this/ ☾Solarium - Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop ☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282 ☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: 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 - The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden/ ☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: https://tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-till-i-see-the-light/ ☾Beautiful Animal - Room: https://roommagazine.com/issues/twine TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:19 - Making every character an antagonist 2:10 - Core idea rather than theme 3:26 - Specific rather than universal themes 5:11 - Challenge your protagonist's misbelief 6:07 - Pick a unique setting 7:13 - Use the setting to put pressure on the character 8:11 - Avoid binary choices 10:05 - Find your moment of knockout 10:58 - Specify the point of view 12:36 - Create form, not structure 14:18 - Connect opportunity and revelation 15:46 - Cut connective tissue 16:44 - Create patterns 17:33 - Don't waste your title or first line 18:32 - Create a linguistic ecosystem MORE WRITING TIPS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oJsJ6LTZRtYtCHWi-5pjhQJ WRITING VLOGS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oK35m9jtz_aR2t8Dssl6eqJ WRITING CHATS & DISCUSSIONS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oLHy-zpu_yk7CfbJvrNc1O7 BOOK REVIEWS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oKlrHVFgs9UZCxJjB0Azqco Check out more writing and publishing videos from me over @Reedsy!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpo0MkTAyEl73PmIVs8CQvQ OUTRO MUSIC: "l u v t e a [acoustic]" by Autumn Keys SOCIAL Tumblr: https://shaelinwrites.tumblr.com Ask me anything: http://shaelinwrites.tumblr.com/ask Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaelinbishop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaelinbishop/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5803057-shaelin-bishop