Writing Tips - My Top 12 Writing Tips! | Advice That Changed How I Write

RELATED VIDEOS: →My Favourite Writing Techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBqT7KNLDsw →Show, Don't Tell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM1lfA_Frgc →Specificity & Concrete Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgNW3EgtT1E →Creating Complex Characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdA8DjiQ6us&t=146s →18 Writing Hacks for Stronger Prose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v45sfrLhLm4 →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 The Glimmer Train Bulletin Archive: https://www.glimmertrain.com/pages/bulletin_archives.php 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 ☾Zugzwang - CBC [excerpt]: https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/zugzwang-by-shaelin-bishop-1.5977031 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Skip scenes the reader can imagine 2:11 - Use strong verbs 3:33 - Avoid '-ing' and 'to be' verbs 4:40 - Describe, don't explain 5:31 - If your story is boring, slow it down 6:46 - Be specific 7:45 - The push and pull of hope and despair 8:23 - Character yearning 9:06 - Character contradictions 10:08 - Use the fewest words possible 11:17 - Artistic incongruity 12:15 - How can this be more interesting? 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaelinbishop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaelinbishop/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5803057-shaelin-bishop