Benjamin McEvoy | How to Read Short Stories @BenjaminMcEvoy | Uploaded March 2021 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
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0:00 how to read short stories
0:24 why every author is different
0:50 learning to read is learning to communicate
1:18 all talk is self-talk
2:10 short stories as training ground for empathy
2:20 how to read a Chekhov short story
2:30 how to read a Hemingway short story
3:00 the art of irony
3:20 empathy as telepathic power
3:53 how to read a Turgenev short story
4:42 how to read a Borges short story
5:08 how to read a Joyce short story
5:33 how to read a D.H. Lawrence short story
5:52 the practicalities of reading short fiction (quick immersion)
6:20 slow reading and rereading
7:00 guiding questions for when reading short fiction
8:35 the truth of poetic fiction and short literature
9:08 how to befriend the characters
9:50 Aristotle and Freytag's Pyramid
10:16 inciting incident, rising action, and conflict
11:44 a metaphor for short fiction (diamonds and oranges)
13:50 about the Short Story Masterclasses