ShaelinWrites | My Favourite Writing Techniques @ShaelinWrites | Uploaded August 2020 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
These are a few of my favourite things.

REALTED VIDEOS:
→Realism in Fiction: youtube.com/watch?v=IMj2c79pljE
→The Ultimate Guide to POV: youtube.com/watch?v=P87GYxwoQUE&t=2s
→How to Write in 2nd Person POV: youtube.com/watch?v=1fcyS9UHvjU
→Writing Morally Ambiguous Characters: youtube.com/watch?v=CMK3b4pfaqM&t=139s

→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.com

MY SHORT FICTION:
☾"I Will Never Tell You This" in The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this
☾"Solarium" in Minola Review: minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop
☾"Barefoot" in The Fiddlehead [print only]: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾"Wishbone" in 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" in The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Verbing nouns
1:57 - Characters who know they shouldn't want their goal
2:30 - Relationships that don't act as they should
3:48 - High or dreamy realism
5:06 - 3rd person present tense
6:12 - 1st person retrospective
6:53 - 1st person referral
8:20 - Atmospheric tension
9:20 - Unhinged narrators
10:00 - Similes
10:50 - Anaphora and repetition
11:23 - Lists
11:46 - Colour palette
12:33 - Juxtaposing beauty and disgust
13:18 - Highlighting discomfort
13:35 - Anatomy and physicality

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

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