RELATED VIDEOS:
My favorite writing techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vbBqT7KNLDsw
Show, don't tell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vzM1lfA_Frgc
Specificity and concrete language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vxgNW3EgtT1E
Creating complex characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vIdA8DjiQ6us&t146s
18 Writing Hacks for Stronger Prose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vv45sfrLhLm4

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The Glimmer Train Bulletin Archive: https://www.glimmertrain.com/pages/bulletin_archives.php

MY SHORT FICTION:
I'll 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 lecture: 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 Until 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 – Introduction
0:50 – Skip scenes that the reader can imagine
2:11 – Use strong verbs
3:33 – Avoid verbs '-ing' and 'being'
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 desire
9:06 – Character contradictions
10:08 – Use as few words as possible
11:17 – Artistic incongruity
12:15 – How could this be more interesting?

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