Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 43 minutes ago
RELATED VIDEOS:
→12 Tips for New Short Story Writers: youtube.com/watch?v=rOj7Ko_3vwg&t=228s
→Using Form in Your Writing: youtube.com/watch?v=oFpiPH1nF0M
→How to Write a Short Story: youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DellQae18
→Everything About Submitting Short Stories: youtube.com/watch?v=VYCepQ-7ChQ
→8 Unconventional Points of View: 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! ko-fi.com/shaelinbishop
MY SHORT FICTION:
☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this
☾Solarium - Minola Review: minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop
☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live
☾Wishbone - video reading: vimeo.com/420052282
☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden
☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-till-i-see-the-light
☾Beautiful Animal - Room: 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: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oJsJ6LTZRtYtCHWi-5pjhQJ
WRITING VLOGS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oK35m9jtz_aR2t8Dssl6eqJ
WRITING CHATS & DISCUSSIONS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oLHy-zpu_yk7CfbJvrNc1O7
BOOK REVIEWS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oKlrHVFgs9UZCxJjB0Azqco
Check out more writing and publishing videos from me over @Reedsy!: youtube.com/channel/UCpo0MkTAyEl73PmIVs8CQvQ
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Twitter: twitter.com/shaelinbishop
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Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/5803057-shaelin-bishop
RELATED VIDEOS:
→12 Tips for New Short Story Writers: youtube.com/watch?v=rOj7Ko_3vwg&t=228s
→Using Form in Your Writing: youtube.com/watch?v=oFpiPH1nF0M
→How to Write a Short Story: youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DellQae18
→Everything About Submitting Short Stories: youtube.com/watch?v=VYCepQ-7ChQ
→8 Unconventional Points of View: 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! ko-fi.com/shaelinbishop
MY SHORT FICTION:
☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this
☾Solarium - Minola Review: minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop
☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live
☾Wishbone - video reading: vimeo.com/420052282
☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden
☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-till-i-see-the-light
☾Beautiful Animal - Room: 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: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oJsJ6LTZRtYtCHWi-5pjhQJ
WRITING VLOGS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oK35m9jtz_aR2t8Dssl6eqJ
WRITING CHATS & DISCUSSIONS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oLHy-zpu_yk7CfbJvrNc1O7
BOOK REVIEWS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oKlrHVFgs9UZCxJjB0Azqco
Check out more writing and publishing videos from me over @Reedsy!: youtube.com/channel/UCpo0MkTAyEl73PmIVs8CQvQ
OUTRO MUSIC: "l u v t e a [acoustic]" by Autumn Keys
SOCIAL
Tumblr: shaelinwrites.tumblr.com
Ask me anything: shaelinwrites.tumblr.com/ask
Twitter: twitter.com/shaelinbishop
Instagram: instagram.com/shaelinbishop
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/5803057-shaelin-bishop
