Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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RELATED VIDEOS:
→Specificity & Concrete Language: youtube.com/watch?v=xgNW3EgtT1E&t=5s
→Word Choice: youtube.com/watch?v=jKoOxrcVnHM&t=156s
→Show, Don't Tell: youtube.com/watch?v=zM1lfA_Frgc&t=339s
→How to Line Edit: youtube.com/watch?v=2-vTg3PtE9M&t=1801s

Examples from:
The Beguiling by Zsuzsi Gartner: goodreads.com/en/book/show/53169555
Baba by K-Ming Chang: gulfcoastmag.org/online/winter/spring-2020/baba-20
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund: goodreads.com/book/show/30183198-history-of-wolves

→BLM petitions, donations, and resources (updating list): blacklivesmatters.carrd.co / blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co
→Anti-Racism Resource Guide: allyresourceguide.com
→Issues in the World (updating): issuesintheworld.carrd.co

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
☾Zugzwang - CBC [excerpt]: cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/zugzwang-by-shaelin-bishop-1.5977031

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:34 - Purple prose vs. descriptive writing
4:07 - Clarity
6:44 - Specificity
10:25 - Surprise and insight
12:42 - Flow and narrative integration
18:40 - Economy
20:12 - The joy of language

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